Michael Rogers (cyclist)

For other people named Michael Rogers, see Michael Rogers (disambiguation).

Michael Rogers

Rogers at Sachsen-Tour 2008
Personal information
Full name	Michael Rogers
Nickname	Dodger, Mick
Born	20 December 1979 (1979-12-20) (age 31) Barham, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-Rounder
Professional team(s)
2000–2001 2003–2005 2006–2010 2011–	Mapei Quick Step-Davitamon T-Mobile Team Team Sky
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 Stage TTT World Time-Trial Champion (2003, 2004, 2005) National Time-Trial Champion (2009) Tour of California (2010) Vuelta a Andalucía (2010) Deutschland Tour (2003) Route du Sud (2003) Tour de Belgium (2003) Tour Down Under (2002)
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Track cycling Commonwealth Games Gold 1998 Kuala Lumpur 20km Scratch Race Road bicycle racing World Championships Gold 2005 Madrid Elite time trial Gold 2004 Verona Elite time trial Gold 2003 Hamilton Elite time trial U-23 World Championships Silver 1999 Verona U-23 Men's Time Trial Bronze 2000 Plouay U-23 Men's Time Trial Junior World Championships Silver 1998 Valkenburg Junior Men's Time Trial Commonwealth Games Silver 2002 Manchester Individual time trail
Infobox last updated on 12 October 2011

Michael ('Mick') Rogers (born 20 December 1979 in Barham, New South Wales) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer who grew up in Canberra ACT, and rides for Team Sky. Rogers turned professional in 1999 with Mapei, which became Quick Step. In 2005 Rogers joined T-Mobile Team and led it for the 2007 Tour de France.

Rogers was part of the Australian Institute of Sport, which led him to move to Europe at age 16 as an amateur. He started as a track racer under coach Charlie Walsh. Rogers won the world time-trial championship in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He came second in 2003 but became champion after the winner, David Millar, was disqualified for doping. Rogers received his rainbow jersey and gold medal on the day of the 2004 championship, thereby receiving two gold medals on the same day.

In the 2003 Tour de France, Rogers helped Richard Virenque win his sixth Polka dot jersey as King of the Mountains. He was the last rider left to help in Virenque's day-long escape and stage win.

On 15 July, Rogers withdrew on the 8th stage of the 2007 Tour after breaking a collar bone in a crash descending the Cormet de Roseland. He continued until the doctor arrived from attending fellow Australian Stuart O'Grady, who ended up stretchered to hospital.

It was after this that Rogers contracted mononucleosis (glandular fever), which caused a dip in his racing form for some time. By late 2009 he had returned to form and began to have significant racing success, with Team HTC Columbia, the successor to T-Mobile. In 2010, as leader of his team, he won the Tour of Andalucia, and then the Tour of California (the first non-American to do so).

After a disappointing 2010 Tour de France (37th overall), Rogers announced he would concentrate in future on shorter races (e.g. one week in length) as he was no longer suited to the longer tours. In October 2010 it was announced that he would leave HTC Columbia and join British based Team Sky for the 2011 racing season. However he suffered a relapse of his mononucleosis early in the season and was unable to defend his 2010 Tour of California title.

Rogers lives in Varese, Italy with his Italian wife and three daughters.

Palmares

1996

1st Junior National Time Trial Champion

1997

1st World U-19 Team Pursuit Champion

1st World U-19 Points Race Champion

2nd World U-19 Time Trial Championship

1998

1st 1998 Commonwealth Games 20 km Scratch Race

1st Individual Pursuit Australian National Track Championships

1999

2nd World U-23 Time Trial Championship

2000

1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under

3rd World U-23 Time Trial Championship

2002

1st Overall Tour de Beauce

1st Overall Tour Down Under

1st Stage 2

2nd Individual Time Trial Commonwealth Games

2003

1st World Time Trial Champion

1st Overall Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 6

1st Overall Route du Sud

1st Stage 3

1st Overall Tour de Belgium

2004

1st World Time Trial Champion

4th Stage 7 Tour de France

3rd 2004 Summer Olympics Men's Individual Time Trial

2005

1st World Time Trial Champion

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

4th Overall Volta a Catalunya

2006

2nd Overall Regio-Tour International

1st Stage 3

9th Overall Tour de France

2nd Stage 3

2007

2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya

7th Overall Tour of California

2008

2nd Overall Tour of Missouri

2nd Overall Sachsen Tour

3rd Overall Eneco tour of Benelux

5th Olympic Road Race

2009

1st National Time Trial Champion

3rd Overall Tour of California

6th Overall Tour Down Under

7th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 1 TTT

8th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco

2010

1st Overall Tour of California

1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

2nd Overall Critérium International

3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche

3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

Sporting positions
Preceded by Santiago Botero	World Time Trial Champion 2003 - 2005	Succeeded by Fabian Cancellara

References

External links

• Official website of Mick Rogers
• Mick Rogers' C-40 tale
• Palmares on Trap Friis
• Palmares on CyclingBase (French)

Persondata
Name	Rogers, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Racing cyclist
Date of birth	1979-12-20
Place of birth	Barham, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death