The Australian & New Zealand Sports Law Association

The Future of Cycling

Tuesday, 28 September, 6pm to 7pm (AEST) / 8pm to 9pm (NZST)

Dear @{aspediacrm-person-firstname},

ANZSLA invites you to attend a webinar discussing the latest developments and challenges in professional cycling. Our guest speakers, Michael Rogers (4x Olympian, UCI innovation manager) and Martin Barras (High Performance Director of Cycling New Zealand) will discuss topics including the use (and abuse) of new technology and material improvements in professional cycling, the development of e-cycling competitions and the regulatory and integrity issues associated with this new discipline, as well as their views on how women's cycling may pave the way for a new economical model for professional sport. The session will be introduced and moderated by Alexis Schoeb (ANZSLA Member, Swiss lawyer and CAS arbitrator).

This free webinar is open to ANZSLA members only.

Legal practitioners may be able to claim 1 CPD point for attendance at this event.

Please register via the button below. A Zoom link will then be emailed in advance of the webinar.

Michael Rogers, Australian retired pro cyclist; Innovation Manager at the Union Cycliste Internationale

Michael Rogers is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016, for the Mapei–Quick-Step, Quick-Step–Innergetic, Team HTC–Columbia, Team Sky and Tinkoff teams. He is a three-time World Time Trial Champion, winning consecutively in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and won Grand Tour stages at the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.

Michael Rogers joined UCI as innovation manager in 2020.

Martin Barras, High Performance Director of Cycling New Zealand

Martin Barras was employed as a track cycling coach at the Western Australian Institute of Sport from 1995 to 1998 where he coached Ryan Bayley. In 1999, he was appointed coach with Great Britain's sprint cycling program and his athletes - won gold (Jason Queally) and silver medals (team sprint) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 2001, he was appointed Head Coach of the AIS / National Track programme for Australia. He had a very successful 2004 Athens Olympics with Ryan Bayley winning two gold medals, Anna Meares one gold medal and one bronze medal and Shane Kelly winning a bronze medal. After the being track sprint coach at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the Australian team won only one track medal, he transferred to Australia Institute of Sport / Cycling Australia women's road cycling program. He was women's road coach at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics.

In November 2017, he was appointed High Performance Director of Cycling New Zealand. In 2002 and 2004, he was named Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year.

Alexis Schoeb, Partner, Schoeb Baumgartner

Alexis is a Swiss qualified lawyer with extensive experience in sports law and international arbitration. He has been involved both as counsel and as an arbitrator in over 100 sport related arbitration proceedings.

He is an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), at Sport Resolution UK at the UCI Arbitral Board and Disciplinary Commission.

Alexis has been involved in professional cycling for many years both as a lawyer (representing teams, federations and athletes) and as executive with professional teams.

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