Medal record
Competitor for Australia
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold
2005 Madrid
Elite Men's Time Trial
Gold
2004 Verona
Elite Men's Time Trial
Gold
2003 Hamilton
Elite Men's Time Trial
Michael Rogers (born 20 December 1979 in Barham, New South Wales) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Columbia. Rogers turned professional in 1999 with the Italian super-team Mapei, which, following sponsorship changes, became Quick Step-Davitamon and then Quick Step-Innergetic. In 2005 Rogers joined the T-Mobile Team and was appointed as its leader for the 2007 Tour de France. He is often called Mick Rogers or Dodger.
Like many other Australian professional cyclists of his generation, he was a product of the Australian Institute of Sport program for young cyclists which allowed him to live and race in Europe as an amateur. He started out as a track racer under the tutelage of coach Charlie Walsh and later switched to road cycling.
Rogers is a recognised Individual time trialler and has won the World Cycling Championship ITT three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Originally second in the 2003 ITT Championship, Rogers assumed the title of World Champion after the original winner, David Millar, was disqualified for doping. Following the lengthy investigation into Millar, Rogers was awarded rainbow jersey and gold medal for his 2003 win on the day of the 2004 World Cycling Championship. Therefore, he received two gold medals on the day that he became World Champion in 2004.
Rogers is an improving mountain climber in the Grand Tours, and is considered to be a promising contender for stage races. In the 2003 Tour de France, Rogers was one of strongest riders in his team's quest to help Frenchman Richard Virenque win his sixth Polka dot jersey in the King of the Mountains competition. He was the last rider left to assist Virenque in his day-long escape and eventual stage win.
On 15 July, Rogers withdrew on the 8th Stage of the 2007 Tour de France due to a broken collar bone he received in a crash while descending Cormet de Roselend in the leading group and as the Tour de France virtual leader. He continued briefly until the doctors car arrived, as it had been dealing with fellow Australian Stuart O'Grady who ended up stretchered to hospital.
In 2008, Rogers missed the start of the season because of a mononucleosis. He made his debut in competition in the Dauphiné Libéré, where he made 11th position. He decided to skip the Tour de France and made a surpring sixth position in the Olympic Games.
Rogers now lives in Varese, Italy and has no further plans to move.
Major achievements
1998
Gold Medal, 1998 Commonwealth Games 20 km Scratch Race
2002
GP Cycliste de Beauce
Silver Medal, 2002 Commonwealth Games Individual time trial
Winner, Tour Down Under
2003
Winner, Deutschland Tour
Winner, Route du Sud
Tour de Belgique
Deutschland-Tour stage 6
Route du Sud stage 3
Gold Medal, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
2004
Gold Medal, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
4th, 2004 Summer Olympics Men's Individual Time Trial
2005
2nd overall, 2005 Tour de Suisse
Gold Medal, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
2006
9th overall, 2006 Tour de France
Regio-Tour International stage 3
2007
2nd overall, 2007 Volta a Catalunya
2008
6th, Olympic Road Race
11th, Dauphiné Libéré
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Santiago Botero
World Time Trial Champion
2003 - 2005
Succeeded by
Fabian Cancellara
External links
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Official website of Mick Rogers
Mick Rogers' C-40 tale
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Riders on Team Columbia
Michael Barry | Marcus Burghardt | Mark Cavendish | Gerald Ciolek | Scott Davis | John Devine | Bernhard Eisel | Linus Gerdemann | Bert Grabsch | André Greipel | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Roger Hammond | Adam Hansen | Greg Henderson | George Hincapie | Kim Kirchen | Andreas Klier | Servais Knaven | Craig Lewis | Thomas Lövkvist | Tony Martin | Marco Pinotti | Morris Possoni | František Raboň | Vicente Reynès | Michael Rogers | Marcel Sieberg | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Bradley Wiggins | Manager: Bob Stapleton
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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
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