Michael Rogers
After seeing Rogers unfortunate crash in the 2007 Tour de France while in being in the virtual yellow jersey on the road. Rogers has disappeared off my Pro tour radar.
After watching this year Spring Racing Classics I noticed that Rogers was not present in any of the starting lists. This got me thinking “where the bloody hell are you Rogers?” On a quick internet search I found the following info. Mr Rogers has again contracted Epstein-Barr virus and will out of training for 4 – 8 weeks depending on the web report you read. As this news is a shade over a month old at the time of this posting I must admit that I missed this bit of info all together.
The projected recovery time will have him in compete rest for the first 4 weeks and not to return to the bike for not be returning to training until early May 2008. This has undoubtedly pulled Rogers off as team leader of Team High Roads Giro d’Italia team and might end his ride in the Tour de France.