HOLYmac! Michael Tomalaris is a big Twitter fan. HOLYmac! Michael Tomalaris is starting the ‘Mick for Pink‘ campaign tomorrow. ‘Mick for Pink’ refers to Michael Rogers’ quest to lead this year’s Girl d’Italia. He’s currently sitting in 3rd position, and being a multiple World Time Trial Champion, is a hot favourite for tomorrow’s 66km time trial.
Go Mick! Go Mike!
Cycling abilities aside, Mick Rogers is also widely-regarded as absolute Toppie (that’s Aussie slang for “top bloke”). It looks like he’s leading the Twitter race between the Australian Pro Cyclists. Most of the big hitting Aussie Pros are on Twitter, including Robbie Mcewen, Cadel Evans, Allan Davis and Rory Sutherland (with Stuart O’Grady and Simon Gerrans being noticeable absentees).
But is there an Aussie Pro rider with more followers than Dodge (currently: 7,460)..?
Stage 8: 209km. Morbegno – Bergamo
1 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.04.34 (41.567km/h) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.21 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
General classification after stage 8
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33.13.35 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.13 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.44 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.51 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.58 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.14 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.24 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.25 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.35 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.49
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Stage 7: 244km. Innsbruck (Aut) – Chiavenna
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.56.53 (40.685km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 4 Davide Viganò (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.31 7 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0.40 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 10 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha
General classification after stage 7 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 28.08.48 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Stage 6: 248km. Bressanone/Brixen – Mayrhofen (Aut)
1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.49.55 (42.524km/h) 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
General classification after stage 6
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 22.11.15 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Stage 5:125 km San Martino Di Castrozza – Alpe di Siusi
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.15.24 (38.382 km/h) 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.02 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.09 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.19 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.22 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto
General classification after stage 5
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16.20.44 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.05 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.36 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.43 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.50 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.17 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41
More details and photos available on CyclingNews.com
Mick Rogers was one of the earlier Pro riders to adopt Twitter. He’s good a solid following of 6840 followers (at the time of this post) and has a typically-Australian, easy going Twitter approach: regular updates, no egotism – just good old Aussie banter. Most of the “big” Pro Tour Twitter Riders are follow Dodge too, which speaks highly of the respect for the man.
Of the most famous Pro Cylcing Twitterers, here’s a few that follow Dodge’s Twitter:
Stage 4 – Tuesday, May 12: Padova – San Martino di Castrozza, 162km
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4.15.04 (38.107km/h) 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
General classification after stage four
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.05.28 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.02 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.06 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.26 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.28 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.42 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0.49
Full results and photos available on cyclingnews.com
Stage 3 – Monday, May 11: Grado – Valdobbiadene, 198km
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 4.45.27 (41.618km/h) 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
General classification after stage 3
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8.50.06 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.08 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.18 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.31 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.40 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.44 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.45 10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.52
Alessandro Petacchi stamped his experience all over Cavendish’s youth in today’s second stage of the Giro d’Italia. By Cav’s own addmision, he was “lazy”. The Aussies were well represented with Allan Davis running 4th, and Mick Rogers staying out of trouble.
1/ Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes – Farnese Vini 3.43.07 (41.951 km/h)
2/ Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia – Highroad
3/ Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha
4/ Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
5/ Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Slipstream
6/ Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD
7/ Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre – N.G.C.
8/ Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
9/ Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – N.G.C.
10/ Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step