Mick Rogers

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited September 2010 in Pro race
Rumour has him at Sky or whatever Fly-V becomes next year....

Surely he'll be like Wiggins was for Sky and Fly-V will be gasping to hire him? They're not going to get the best Oz cyclist but Rogers aint' a bad pick for smaller stage races...

Also, some of Micks "history" might scare of Sky.

Thoughts?
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Given the amount of time Rogers has missed racing over the years, I'm not sure he'd want to risk signing for Fly-V who have no automatic guarantee of a ProTour licence. Spending the early part of 2011 scrapping around with the likes of Vacansoleil and Skil for race invites mightn't be high on his list of priorities.
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    I'm not sure what he'd bring to Sky really. Chance of a TDU or Suisse tour maybe. I think they should be looking at younger blood.
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    He wouldn't win TDU. That's a sprinter's stage race is it not?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    dulldave wrote:
    He wouldn't win TDU. That's a sprinter's stage race is it not?

    Seems so for the most part. Rogers has won it before.

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    He's good for two or three top tens in one week stage races, which is useful for ranking points, which are important these days.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    frenchfighter wrote:
    dulldave wrote:
    He wouldn't win TDU. That's a sprinter's stage race is it not?

    Seems so for the most part. Rogers has won it before.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Down_ ... ll_Winners

    It was a very different race when he won it. Mostly made up of domestic Australian riders.
  • El Imbatido
    El Imbatido Posts: 144
    Moomaloid wrote:
    I'm not sure what he'd bring to Sky really. Chance of a TDU or Suisse tour maybe. I think they should be looking at younger blood.

    Are you kidding......He could help SKY win the 4th GT :wink: You know, that one in California. That Stapleton guy said it was the 4th GT so it must be true :lol:
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  • Grimone
    Grimone Posts: 95
    RichN95 wrote:
    He's good for two or three top tens in one week stage races, which is useful for ranking points, which are important these days.

    I agree woth Rich. Aswell as stage wins being very important of course, the cumulative effort of the whole team is important too.
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  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Grimone wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    He's good for two or three top tens in one week stage races, which is useful for ranking points, which are important these days.

    I agree woth Rich. Aswell as stage wins being very important of course, the cumulative effort of the whole team is important too.

    He could easily win a couple of week long races a year now he's not bothered about the TdF; he'd be about the only decent rider peaking for Suisse for example.
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  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    I thought that sky's ethos was not to touch riders with 'history'.

    Surely Mick falls into the questionable category from his t-mobile days, especially 2006 tdf?

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