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

Rider Date of birth  Previous team  Darwin Atapuma January 15, 1988 Colombia (2013) Tom Bohli January 17, 1994 BMC Development (2015) Brent Bookwalter February 16, 1984 Priority Health (2006) Marcus Burghardt June 30, 1983 Columbia-HTC (2009) Damiano Caruso October 12, 1987 Cannondale (2014) Alessandro De Marchi May 19, 1986 Cannondale (2014) Rohan Dennis May 28, 1990 Garmin-Sharp (2014) Silvan Dillier August 03, 1990 BMC Development (2013) Jempy Drucker September 03, 1986 Wanty-Groupe Gobert (2014) Floris Gerts May 03, 1992 BMC Development (2015) Philippe Gilbert July 05, 1982 Omega Pharma-Lotto (2011) Ben Hermans June 08, 1986 RadioShack-Leopard (2013) Stefan Küng November 16, 1993 BMC Development (2014) Amaël Moinard February 02, 1982 Cofidis (2010) Daniel Oss January 13, 1987 Liquigas-Cannondale (2012) Taylor Phinney June 27, 1990 Trek Livestrong U23 (2010) Richie Porte January 30, 1985 Sky (2015) Manuel Quinziato October 30, 1979 Liquigas-Doimo (2010) Joey Rosskopf September 05, 1989 Hincapie Sportswear Development (2014) Samuel Sánchez February 05, 1978 Euskaltel Euskadi (2013) Michael Schär September 29, 1986 Astana (2009) Manuel Senni March 11, 1992 Colpack (2014) Dylan Teuns March 01, 1992 BMC Development (2014) Greg Van Avermaet May 17, 1985 Omega Pharma-Lotto (2010) Tejay van Garderen August 12, 1988 HTC-Highroad (2011) Peter Velits February 21, 1985 Omega Pharma-Quick Step (2013) Loïc Vliegen December 20, 1993 BMC Development (2015) Danilo Wyss August 26, 1985 Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei (2007) Rick Zabel December 07, 1993 Rabobank Development (2013) Taylor Eisenhart (Aug 01–Dec 31, trainee) June 14, 1994 Fabian Lienhard (Aug 01–Dec 31, trainee) September 03, 1993

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) 2016: Etixx–Quick-Step (Jungels, Kittel, Lampaert, Martin, Terpstra, Vermote)