Michael Rogers has quit his role as the UCI’s Head of Innovation and Esport, leaving a gap in the governing body’s management and hierarchy less than four months from the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris Olympics, with 🍎the new format Esport World Championships due to be held in Abu Dhabi in October.&nbs❀p;
The three-time World Time Trial Champion had held the key role at the UCI for three and half years, working on new equipment rules and controls for the Olympics, the fight against mechanical ꧒doping, the SafeR race safety project and the new format Esports World Championships.
The UCI has changed their rules regarding equipment in several areas in recent months, sparking debate and doubts about its obj▨ectives.
Last month, the UCI approved the use of the innovative but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:striking Giro Aerohead II time trial helmet but banned the use of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Specialized head sock that had been used since 2022. They announced a review of their own rules governing helmet design and the “wider trend in time tr♛ial helmet design, which focuses more on performance than the primary function of a helmet.”
Rogers had previously denied that he was going to leave the UCI or change roles due to differences inside the sports governing body but in an email seen by Cyclingnews he confirmed his time at the UCI ended on March 31. He a﷽lso posted a brief message on Linkedin.
“After 3.5 great🐻 years at the UCI, the time ha🥂s come for me to bid farewell,” the Australian wrote.
“It has been a fun chapter full of travel experiences, collaboration, challenges, moments of reflection, valuable learning opportunities and friendships with staff, commissaires and external partners. I look forward to our paths crossing agai🌃n in the near future!”
R൩ogers did not reveal what he pla༒ns to do next.
After retiring in the spring of 2016 due to a congenita🦩l heart defect, h𒁃e worked on several projects with Bjarne Riis and then with the NTT Pro Cycling team as technical partner manager.
During his long professional career, Rogers raced for Mapei, T-Mobile, HTC-Columbia, Team Sky and Tinkoff-Saxo. As well as his time-trial world titles in 2003, 2004 and 2005, he won a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France stage and two stages at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia in 2014, the Tour Down Under in𓆉 2002 and the overall classification at the 2010 Tour of California. He rode the Tour de France 11 times, finishing ninth overall in 2006.
In 2013, Rogers tested 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:positive for Clenbuterol after the Japan Cup, bu💎t avoided a ban after successfully arguing the result was sparked🐼 by contaminated meat in China.
Rogers indicated in the email seen by Cyclingnews that his responsibilities would be temporarily divided between UCI staff, with Andrei Krasilnikau and Thibault Gerard taking care of ‘equipment topics’, while Jacob Fraser and Sam Greminger would respond to c🐷orrespon🧸dence about Esports.
