Mitchell Docker

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Mitchell Docker
Docker at the 2018 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Docker
NicknameMitch
Born (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 37)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Classics rider
  • Lead-out man
Professional teams
2006–2008Drapac–Porsche[1]
2009–2011Skil–Shimano
2012–2017GreenEDGE[2]
2018–2021EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale[3][4][5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2014)

Mitchell Docker (born 2 October 1986) is an Australian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2021.

In May 2021, Docker announced that he would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2021 season.[6]

Career[edit]

He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He joined Australian Junior Road Team in 2003 and joined Drapac Porsche in 2006. He joined the GreenEDGE team for the 2012 season,[2] and remained with the team up until the end of the 2017 season. For 2018, Docker joined EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale.[7]

He has a podcast called Life in the Peloton,[8] in which he talks about being a professional cyclist.

Major results[edit]

2005
8th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2007
1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
2008
1st Stage 5 Tour de East Java
2nd Drie Zustersteden
6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2009
2nd Halle–Ingooigem
5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2010
47th Paris Roubaix
1st Stage 3 Route du Sud
4th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
1st Stage 1
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
2011
6th Gent–Wevelgem
2013
1st Bay Classic Series, Williamstown
2014
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
2015
9th Overall Bay Classic Series
2016
4th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
2017
4th Hong Kong Challenge
9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 131
A yellow jersey Tour de France Has not contested during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España 166 135 147 DNF 151 122 132
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mitchell Docker". cyclingnews.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Docker joins GreenEdge in boost to classics line up". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  3. ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Docker: 'All good things must come to an end'". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Docker moves to Slipstream Sports on one-year deal". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Life in the Peloton, presented by Rapha".

External links[edit]

Media related to Mitchell Docker at Wikimedia Commons