Mitchell Docker

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Mitchell Docker

| image = La-vuelta-2018-puerto-lumbreras-28 (43677451364).jpg

| caption = Docker at the 2018 Vuelta a España

| fullname = Mitchell Docker

| nickname = Mitch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|10|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = {{ubl|Classics rider|Lead-out man}}

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2006–2008

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DPC|2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/mitchell-docker/ |title=Mitchell Docker|date=6 June 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=6 June 2016}}

| proyears2 = 2009–2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SKS|2009}}

| proyears3 = 2012–2017

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/docker-joins-greenedge-in-boost-to-classics-line-up|title=Docker joins GreenEdge in boost to classics line up|date=27 September 2011|accessdate=17 August 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited}}

| proyears4 = 2018–2021

| proteam4 = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|title=EF Education First Pro Cycling|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|accessdate=2 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102214349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|archivedate=2 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-ef-education-first/|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|title=2020 Team Preview: EF Education First|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=1 January 2020|accessdate=2 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279|title=EF Education - Nippo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101135037/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15238/1000987/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}

| majorwins = 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/docker-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/|title=Docker: 'All good things must come to an end'|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=18 May 2021|accessdate=18 May 2021}}

Career

He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He joined Australian Junior Road Team in 2003 and joined Drapac Porsche in 2006. He joined the {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}} team for the 2012 season, and remained with the team up until the end of the 2017 season. For 2018, Docker joined {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/docker-moves-to-slipstream-sports-on-one-year-deal/|title=Docker moves to Slipstream Sports on one-year deal|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=11 October 2017|accessdate=2 January 2018}}

He has a podcast called Life in the Peloton,{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/series-165493|title = Life in the Peloton, presented by Rapha}} in which he talks about being a professional cyclist.

Major results

;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=

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scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \|— \|— \|DNF \|— \|— \|— \|131 \|— \|—
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=9\|Has not contested during his career
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \|166 \|135 \|147 \|DNF \|— \|— \|151 \|122 \|132

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scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020

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