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Michael Rogers

Key Stats

Nationality: Australian
Born: December 20, 1979
Hometown: Barnham, Australia
Residence: Varese, Italy
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 170 pounds
Strengths: time trialing, stage racing
Turned Pro: 1999

Palmares

Career Highlights:

three-time world time trial champion (2003, 2004 and 2005)
1st overall, Tour of Germany 2003
1st overall, Route du Sud 2003

2007
2nd, stage 4, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
2nd overall, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
5th, stage 5, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya

2006
1st, stage 3, Regio-Tour International
2nd, stage 3, Tour de France
2nd, stage 3, Tour of Britain
3rd, stage 4, Regio-Tour International
4th, stage 7, Tour de France
5th, stage 2, Regio-Tour International
5th overall, Tour of Britain
6th, stage 4, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
7th, prologue, Tour de France
8th, stage 1, Giro d’Italia
8th, stage 2b, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
8th overall, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
8th, world time trial championship

2005
1st, world time trial championship
2nd overall, Tour de Suisse
3rd, GP Chiasso
3rd, stage 2, Tour de Suisse
3rd, stage 6, Tour de Suisse
4th, stage 4, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
4th overall, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
4th, stage 9, Tour de Suisse
4th, stage 1, Tour of Britain
5th, stage 5, Tour of Britain
6th, stage 5b, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
6th, stage 5, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
7th overall, Tour of Britain
8th overall, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
9th overall, Settimana Coppi-Bartali
10th, prologue, Parijs-Nice
10th, stage 8, Tour de Suisse

2004
1st, world time trial championship
3rd, stage 5b, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
4th, Olympic time trial
4th, GP des Nations
4th, best young rider, Tour de France
5th, prologue, Dauphiné Libéré
6th overall, Tour de Luxembourg
7th, stages 3, 4 and 5, Tour de Luxembourg
7th, Chrono des Herbiers
8th overall, Paris-Nice

2003
1st, world time trial championship
1st overall, Tour of Belgium
1st overall, Tour of Germany (plus stage 6)
1st overall, Route du Sud (plus stage 3)
2nd, Australian time trial championships
2nd, stage 4, Tour of Belgium
2nd, GP Eddy Merckx
3rd, prologue, Three Days of West Flanders
3rd, stage 4, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
3rd, stage 4, Tour de Loise et de Picardie
3rd, stage 4, Circuit Franco-Belge
4th overall, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
4th, stage 1, Route du Sud
4th, stage 4, Route du Sud
4th, stage 7, Tour de France
5th overall, Tour de Loise et de Picardie
5th, stage 5, Tour of Germany
6th, stage 3b, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
6th, stage 1, Tour of Germany
6th, GP des Nations
7th, stage 5, Tour of Belgium
8th, stage 2, Circuit Cyliste de la Sarthe
8th, stage 3, Tour of Belgium
8th, stage 11, Tour de France
10th, stage 3, Tour of Germany

2002
1st overall, Tour Down Under (plus stage 2)
1st overall, GP Cycliste de Beauce
2nd, stage 5, Tour Down Under
3rd, prologue, Tour of Rhodes Prologue
3rd overall, Tour of Rhodes
3rd, stage 5, GP Cycliste de Beauce
4th, stage 4, GP Cycliste de Beauce
5th, Chrono des Herbiers
5th, Sparkassen Giro Bochum
8th, stage 4, Tour of Rhodes
8th, world time trial championship
9th, GP des Nations

2001
2nd, stage 6, Redlands Bicycle Classic
2nd, GP Eddy Merckx
2nd, Duo Normandy

2000
1st, stage 2, Tour Down Under