BMC Racing Team

BMC Racing Team

Team information
UCI code	BMC
Registered	United States
Founded	2007 (2007)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles	BMC
Components	Shimano
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Jim Ochowicz
Team manager(s)	Allan Peiper
Team name history
2007–	BMC Racing Team
Jersey

BMC Racing Team (UCI Team Code: BMC) is a UCI ProTeam title sponsored by BMC, a Swiss-based bicycle frame manufacturer. The team is co-owned by American cyclist Jim Ochowicz, who founded the 7-Eleven Cycling Team, and is the team manager.

History

The team signed a number of major international riders for the 2010 season, including 2009 World Champion, two-time Tour de France runner-up and 2011 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 U.S. Road Race Champion George Hincapie, 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan and Spring Classics specialists Karsten Kroon and Marcus Burghardt.

In 2010 the team participated in their first Grand Tours, having been invited to compete in the 2010 Tour de France and the 2010 Giro d'Italia. In 2011, the team attained UCI ProTeam status, the most prestigious classification available, and BMC rider Cadel Evans won the 2011 Tour de France. For 2012 the team signed Thor Hushovd and Philippe Gilbert, the 2010 and 2012 world-champions respectively.

In 2012, Evans was unable to defend his title at the Tour de France, finishing in seventh overall, two places behind team mate Tejay van Garderen.

Cadel Evans placed third overall at the 2013 Giro d'Italia.

At the 2013 Tour de France, Cadel Evans finished 39th, Tejay van Garderen 45th, with Steve Morabito the highest placed overall at 35th. Shortly after the end of the Tour, it was announced that John Lelangue, who had been directeur sportif since the team was founded in 2007, was leaving the team "for personal reasons".^[1] In September 2013 Jim Ochowicz announced the appointment of Valerio Piva as Lelangue's replacement.^[2]

In August 2014 the team announced they had signed Alessandro De Marchi, Damiano Caruso and Jempy Drucker for the 2015 season^[3] The team also announced they had signed Rohan Dennis - his transfer however was effective immediately.^[4]

In August 2015, the team signed Richie Porte.^[5][6]

Team roster

As of 23 January 2015.

Rider Date of birth  Darwin Atapuma (COL) (1988-01-15)January 15, 1988 (aged 27)  Tom Bohli (SUI) (1994-01-17)January 17, 1994 (aged 21)  Brent Bookwalter (USA) (1984-02-16)February 16, 1984 (aged 31)  Marcus Burghardt (GER) (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 32)  Damiano Caruso (ITA) (1987-08-12)August 12, 1987 (aged 28)  Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) (1986-05-19)May 19, 1986 (aged 29)  Rohan Dennis (AUS) (1990-05-28)May 28, 1990 (aged 25)  Silvan Dillier (SUI) (1990-08-03)August 3, 1990 (aged 25)  Jempy Drucker (LUX) (1986-09-03)September 3, 1986 (aged 29)  Floris Gerts (NED) (1992-05-03)May 3, 1992 (aged 23)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 33)  Ben Hermans (BEL) (1986-06-08)June 8, 1986 (aged 29)  Stefan Küng (SUI) (1993-11-16)November 16, 1993 (aged 22)  Amaël Moinard (FRA) (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 32)  Daniel Oss (ITA) (1987-01-13)January 13, 1987 (aged 28)

Rider Date of birth  Taylor Phinney (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 25)  Richie Porte (AUS) (1985-06-30)June 30, 1985 (aged 30)  Manuel Quinziato (ITA) (1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 (aged 36)  Joey Rosskopf (USA) (1989-09-05)September 5, 1989 (aged 26)  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) (1978-02-05)February 5, 1978 (aged 37)  Michael Schär (SUI) (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 (aged 29)  Manuel Senni (ITA) (1992-03-11)March 11, 1992 (aged 23)  Dylan Teuns (BEL) (1992-03-01)March 1, 1992 (aged 23)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) (1985-05-17)May 17, 1985 (aged 30)  Tejay van Garderen (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 27)  Peter Velits (SVK) (1985-08-12)August 12, 1985 (aged 30)  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) (1993-12-20)December 20, 1993 (aged 22)  Danilo Wyss (SUI) (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 30)  Rick Zabel (GER) (1993-12-07)December 7, 1993 (aged 22)

Major results

National and world champions

Sponsors

In 2013, besides BMC, notable sponsors include 3T Cycling, Shimano, and Continental AG.^[7]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to BMC Racing.

• Official website

UCI Road World Champions – Men's team time trial Trade teams 2012: Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Boonen, Chavanel, Martin, Terpstra, Vandewalle, Velits) 2013: Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Chavanel, Kwiatkowski, Martin, Terpstra, Vandewalle, Velits) 2014: BMC Racing Team (Dennis, Dillier, Oss, Quinziato, van Garderen, Velits) 2015: BMC Racing Team (Dennis, Dillier, Küng, Oss, Phinney, Quinziato)