Michael Rogers after leaving Sky

[TANK91]

What a great thread i thought the same too i mean riders only get worst when they leave Sky right?.

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Rogers will go up with Hincapie as a super super super domestique

Yeah right. Hincapie, I am so full of EPO and any other PED to get LA to the top. You mean that Hincapie? Hincapie, without dope is a forgettable footnote in cycling history.

 

[GuyIncognito]

What was the last time Rogers rode an ITT full-on? 2012 Dauphine?

Which was the best TT of his career after the world titles.
Aside from the world titles, he was never brilliant against the clock, he was always about the level he is now.

It was a very popular discussion topic back in those years, just why the hell he was so good in the worlds when he was just another guy in any other TT

 

[The Hitch]

Yeah right. Hincapie, I am so full of EPO and any other PED to get LA to the top. You mean that Hincapie? Hincapie, without dope is a forgettable footnote in cycling history.

I though doping could never come close to matching will power. Were the 2000's just abnormally full of riders that had no will power?

 

[peloton]

He's not having to ride as a domestique at this race much - hence the stage wins. Sky have dominant GC TdF riders so you have to protect them and lose much chance of a stage win.

Otherwise, I say he's riding as well, but with less racing in his legs, so it looks more sus to me.

This, pretty much.

He rode Zoncolan nearly half minute slower than Evans, which says he wasn't exactly flying.

But Mick has dodget so many bullets, he must have 9 cats..

 

[blackcat]

Which was the best TT of his career after the world titles.
Aside from the world titles, he was never brilliant against the clock, he was always about the level he is now.

It was a very popular discussion topic back in those years, just why the hell he was so good in the worlds when he was just another guy in any other TT

easy, cos the best tt'ers contested the july world champs chrono which was the Tour de France.

And the best cyclists contested the race on Sunday at the Worlds, the road race. They could not give a flying fark about the chrono

 

[Tinman]

Dodgy Mick at Giro Zoncolan 2014 was a Deja Vue of Big George at TdF Pla d'Adet 2005.

 

[blackcat]

Dodgy Mick at Giro Zoncolan 2014 was a Deja Vue of Big George at TdF Pla d'Adet 2005.

tinman i just ripped you off for a teflon meme

 

[Cycle Chic]

WTF - Rogers up there yesterday until just the last 3kms....still charging.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Rogers looks like he's still in the big ring.

 

[meat puppet]

Rogers looks like he's still in the big ring.

and no doubt he is.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Happier for Rogers to win the stage than Voekler.

 

[luckyboy]

never happy for Rogers to win a stage

 

[Oldman]

Happier for Rogers to win the stage than Voekler.

...except for the whining sound. Quick, mute your broadcast. It's funnier to see he Little Prince with the sound off.

 

[Jamie1012]

You have to give "the best coach in the world" some credit for laying the groundwork for this clean victory eight years ago.

 

[Markyboyzx6r]

He just made the most ambiguous statements during interview - what was the 'I'm not afraid of the outcome any more' bit all about, I wonder. He was talking about 'doing what it took to win' and 'preparing how he had to'.

That's not Clinic-filtered view on it, it was a very disconnected set of statements.

 

[brilleaben]

Danish commentators praising Rogers' good moral standpoints. Without any trace of sarcasm. He's is just a poor victim of a false positive.

 

[IzzyStradlin]

What if Hincapie won on Pla da'Det 3 times in one year?

Roger Dodger!!!

 

[maxmartin]

He just made the most ambiguous statements during interview - what was the 'I'm not afraid of the outcome any more' bit all about, I wonder. He was talking about 'doing what it took to win' and 'preparing how he had to'.

That's not Clinic-filtered view on it, it was a very disconnected set of statements.

also puzzled by that

 

[roundabout]

Vuelta start or we riot

 

[Netserk]

Vuelta start or we riot

There's a couple of stages good for him there.

Edit: how many have won a stage in all three in the same year? Cav did it in '10, right? Edit2: ah he didn't do Giro that year. Would've done it in 2011 if he didn't have to withdraw from the Vuelta.

 

[SeriousSam]

Well done to Mick for preventing a Tommy V victory. Chapeau.

 

[roundabout]

There's a couple of stages good for him there.

Edit: how many have won a stage in all three in the same year? Cav did it in '10, right? Edit2: ah he didn't do Giro that year. Would've done it in 2011 if he didn't have to withdraw from the Vuelta.

Poblet, Baffi and Petacchi.

Time to add to the list

Edit: GT stage wins in 2014 - 3

road race wins before 2014 at pro level - 4

 

[Netserk]

Poblet, Baffi and Petacchi.

Time to add to the list

Doh, I knew there was a reason why 2010 popped in to my head at first.

 

[elduggo]

that 'performance' by Rogers has convinced me that Contador would be miles ahead of everyone in GC had he not crashed out.