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• Greipel Returns For Team Columbia At Tour Down Under
  October 31st, 2009
  

  Former overall event winners Andre Greipel and Michael Rogers are in the Team Columbia-HTC line-up announced on Friday for the 2010 Tour Down Under, race officials said.
  Race Director Mike Turtur said Greipel (2008 champion) and Australian time trial champion Rogers (2002 winner) would be riding for the powerful [...]

• Rogers Saves Time Trial Energy For Cavendish
  July 23rd, 2009
  

  ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – Columbia rider Michael Rogers finished well behind the favourites for the Tour de France’s 18th stage time trial on Thursday, but said it was all part of the plan.
  The Australian said he had deliberately held back in order to save some energy [...]

• Scare For Evans As Rogers Comes Down Again
  July 16th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  VITTEL, France, July 16, 2009 (AFP) – Both Cadel Evans and Michael Rogers of Australia were given a taste of the rough stuff on the 211.5km 12th stage of the Tour de France won by Denmark’s Nicki Soerensen on Thursday.
  Evans, still three minutes behind [...]

• Rogers’ Hopes On The Way Up After Ninth Stage
  July 12th, 2009
  

  TARBES, France, July 12, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Michael Rogers appeared more optimistic of continuing the Tour de France after managing to stay with the main peloton throughout the third and final day in the Pyrenees on Sunday.
  Rogers said before the ninth stage that his chances of continuing the [...]

• Rogers, Boonen, and Sastre Get Caught Up In The Stage Six Crashes
  July 9th, 2009
  

  Australian Michael Rogers was among the big name riders who crashed on the rain-hit sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday.
  Rogers, riding for the Columbia team, appeared to take down Cervelo sprinter Heinrich Haussler and American David Zabriskie of Garmin as the peloton negotiated a roundabout.
  [...]

• Rogers Patient, Silence Await ‘Attacking’ Evans
  July 8th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  PERPIGNAN, France, July 9, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Michael Rogers will head into the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday fully expecting the battle for the yellow jersey to soon move up a gear.
  But while Columbia’s second-in-command has for now played down his own [...]

• Penpix of Tour de France Yellow Jersey Contenders
  July 3rd, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  MONACO, July 2, 2009 (AFP) – Penpix of Tour de France yellow jersey contenders at this year’s race, held on July 4-26 over a total approximate distance of 3459.5km:
  Alberto Contador (ESP/Astana)
  Described as the “best stage racer on the planet” by seven-time [...]

• Leipheimer Closer To His 3-Peat – Beats Zabriskie By 8 Seconds
  February 20th, 2009
  

  Written By: Jonathan Tessler
  Today was a picture perfect day in Solvang, CA to have a bike race. The sun was out, the crowds were huge and excited, and the riders were ready to attack the 15 mile individual time trial. For most of the riders the individual time trial is [...]

• After The Pain, Michael Rogers Prepares For Take-Off In 2009
  January 19th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis
  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 19, 2009 (AFP) – Australian Michael Rogers is ready to put the pain of the past two seasons firmly behind him as he saddles up for the Tour Down Under with renewed dreams of success in 2009.
  A three-time world time-trial champion [...]

• Aussie Coach Hopeful Of TT Medal Chances For Evans and Rogers
  August 12th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 12, 2008 (AFP) – Australian duo Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans
  can win medals in the men’s time trial on Wednesday if they ride to their
  capabilities, their head coach said Tuesday.
  “I can confidently say – and they’d have to be on their top form – if both
  of them are on [...]

• ‘Spartacus’ Ready For Time Trial Gold Medal Battle
  August 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  BEIJING, Aug 11, 2008 (AFP) – When they call Swiss time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara ‘Spartacus’, it hits the mark.
  The 27-year-old battled uphill to a well deserved Olympic bronze in the road race on Saturday, and is ready to fight off the specialist climbers [...]

• Michael Rogers of Australia Raring To Go, But Faces Big TT Challenge
  August 6th, 2008
  

  BEIJING, Aug 5, 2008 (AFP) – Australian cyclist Michael Rogers is looking
  forward to putting his skills back on the international stage after what has
  proved to be a trying year for the Columbia Team pro.
  Rogers crashed out of the Tour de France last year while in the virtual
  yellow jersey, and took months [...]

• UCI Give Aussies Second Beijing Olympic Games Slot Amid Cadel Evans Fitness Battle
  August 2nd, 2008
  

  PARIS, Aug 2, 2008 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Saturday confirmed it has granted Australia a second starting place in the men’s Olympic road time trial with Cycling Australia saying it had gratefully accepted following discussions with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).
  Cadel Evans was originally [...]

• Team Columbia Sweeps Podium In The Sachsen Tour
  July 26th, 2008
  

  GRABSCH HEADS TOP THREE TRIUMPH FOR COLUMBIA
  Grossenheim, Germany, 26 July 2008 – Columbia’s Bert Grabsch, Tony Martin and Michael Rogers turned in a superb collective performance in the Tour of Saxony time trial on Saturday – scooping the top three places and simultaneously moving into the top three places overall.
  German national time trial champion Grabsch [...]