Michael Matthews is currently the Lanterne Rouge in the Tour de France. Indeed, the Orica-GreenEDGE rider is the last rider in the Tour de France general classification, sitting over two hours behind Christopher Froome (Team Sky).

The first week was horrible for the Australian. He crashed and he is suffering multiple abrasions in the huge crash on stage three which knocked out a number of big-name riders. He explained his situation on Tour de France website. "It’s been a really hard race with so much stress but the team was behind me keeping me motivated. I’m still hoping to get results in the later part of the Tour and that’s the main reason to stay in the race."

"I’m last because the day that I crashed I was the only one from that crash to finish the stage. I don’t like being last but I also keep it at the back of my mind that I was the only one to get through from that crash. In the next few days I’ll move up in the GC. A few stages are good for me coming up. The goal is to try and take stage wins. To finish the Tour is not an objective for now."