Matthew Busche

Matthew Busche (born May 9, 1985) is an American former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2016 for the Kelly Benefit Strategies, Team RadioShack, Trek Factory Racing and UnitedHealthcare teams. In 2009, he gained notoriety for his rapid rise from a Wisconsin-based amateur team to Team RadioShack within the course of one season.[4][5] Busche was the winner of the 2011 and 2015 United States National Road Race Championships.[6]

Matthew Busche

Busche at the 2010 Tour de Romandie.
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Craig Busche
Born	May 9, 1985 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2009	Kelly Benefit Strategies
2010–2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2015	RadioShack–Nissan[1][2]
2016	UnitedHealthcare[3]
Major wins
One-day races and classics National Road Race Championships (2011, 2015)

Biography

Busche, son of Craig and Cindy Busche, grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and is a graduate of Luther College[7] in Decorah, Iowa. He got his start in endurance sports as a runner, and first took up cycling in 2005 as a form of cross-training during a running injury. He was a two-time NCAA All-American cross country athlete, and the 2007 Iowa Conference MVP.[8][9] Completing his college running career in 2007, Busche switched his focus to cycling and joined the ISCorp amateur cycling team. During his second season of racing in 2009, Busche rode as a stagiaire for Pro-Continental team Kelly Benefits Strategies, and was later offered a contract with UCI ProTour team, Team RadioShack.[10] Busche spent two years with Team RadioShack and moved with a number of riders to the former Leopard Trek team to form RadioShack–Nissan for the 2012 season.[1]

On December 15, 2016, Busche announced his retirement from professional cycling.[11]

Personal life

Busche currently lives in Brevard, North Carolina with his wife, Lisa.

Major results

2009

5th Road race, National Road Championships

7th Overall Tour of Utah

9th Overall Univest Grand Prix

2010

3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

2011

National Road Championships

1st Road race

3rd Time trial

2012

2nd Overall Tour of Utah

8th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge

2013

4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

5th Overall Tour of Utah

6th Overall Tour of California

7th Overall Tour of Austria

2014

5th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge

2015

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta

2016

7th Overall Tour of the Gila

8th The Reading 120

9th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

References

1. "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. December 5, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
2. "Trek Factory Racing (TFR) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
3. "Matthew Busche". Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
4. From Tosa to the Tour: Busche joins Armstrong's Team RadioShack – JSOnline
5. Livin’ the dream – Cat 5 to RadioShack in three years – Matthew Busche | theroaddiaries
6. Wauwatosa native Matthew Busche wins USA Cycling Pro Road Championship – JSOnline
7. "Luther grad on Tour de France 2014". Luther College. Luther College. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
8. "All-Americans and NCAA Post Graduate Scholars".
9. Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – 2007 Iowa Conference Cross Country Championships
10. One-on-one with RadioShack’s Matt Busche
11. "Matthew Busche to retire at age 31". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. December 15, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2019.

External links

Media related to Matthew Busche at Wikimedia Commons

• Matthew Busche at ProCyclingStats