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• BMC Racing Team Statement – Ballan & Santambrogio
  May 30th, 2011
  

  The BMC Racing Team will immediately lift the suspension it imposed on Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio, originally announced on May 2. No Official Notification On May 3, Italian newspaper [...]

• BMC Racing Team Responds To Ongoing Italian Investigation
  May 2nd, 2011
  

  The ongoing Italian investigation, which includes two of our current members, Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio, continues. The investigation started when the two were not part of the BMC Racing [...]

• Evans Ready To Get 2011 Rolling
  March 2nd, 2011
  

  PARIS, March 2, 2011 – Cadel Evans has admitted he has taken a laid-back approach to the 2011 cycling season, although it is all part of his bigger plans to [...]

• Giro di Sardegna Stage 1, Ballan Sits In Second, Sagan Wins
  February 22nd, 2011
  

  Alessandro Ballan finished second for the BMC Racing Team Tuesday on the opening stage of the Giro di Sardegna. Tricky Finish Ballan said he was on the wheel of stage [...]

• BMC Racing Team Signs Taylor Phinney
  September 22nd, 2010
  

  Multi-time world and U.S. national champion Taylor Phinney will become part of the BMC Racing Team in 2011, joining the American team that already includes Cadel Evans, George Hincapie and [...]

• Ballan Ready To Defend Tour de Pologne Title
  July 30th, 2010
  

  An on-form Alessandro Ballan will enjoy solid support from the BMC Racing Team as he begins defense of his Tour de Pologne title Sunday. A Marked Man Ballan finished second [...]

• Vinokourov Closes Doping Past With Tour Stage Win
  July 17th, 2010
  

  REVEL, France – Alexandre Vinokourov scored his first victory on the Tour de France since completing a doping suspension after a gutsy attack late in the race’s 13th stage from [...]

• BMC Says Ballan Has No Doping Case To Answer
  May 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 28, 2010 – Former world champion Alessandro Ballan has been given the green light to compete again by his BMC team after they said an internal investigation found [...]

• BMC Suspends Ballan and Santambrogio Amid Doping Probe
  April 9th, 2010
  

  ROME, April 9, 2010 (AFP) – Italian rider Alessandro Ballan, whose name has been cited as part of a doping probe in Italy, was on Friday suspended by his BMC [...]

• Ballan, But No Evans For Milan-SanRemo
  March 17th, 2010
  

  PARIS, March 17, 2010 (AFP) – Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has been left off his BMC team’s roster for Saturday’s Milan-San Remo, the first one-day classic of the season. [...]

• A Focus On Team BMC Pro Cycling
  February 6th, 2010
  

  So when was the last time you got to ride with two world road champions, and one US road champion at the same time? Well, for me this dream come [...]

• Team BMC Pro Cycling Training Camp Photo Gallery
  January 30th, 2010
  

  On January 27th Bicycle.net was invited to attend the Team BMC Pro Cycling training camp in Agoura, CA. We had the rare opportunity to not only interview the riders but [...]

• More Freedom With New Team BMC, Says Evans
  November 2nd, 2009
  

  SYDNEY, Nov 2, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans said Monday his switch to the American BMC team gives him the freedom to plan his [...]

• Valverde Facing Tough Road To Rainbow Jersey Win
  September 26th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis MENDRISIO, Sept 26, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde will find out on Sunday whether his recent Tour of Spain triumph costs him the chance to finally be [...]

• Italy Names Formidable Team For Worlds Road Race
  September 14th, 2009
  

  ROME, Sept 14, 2009 (AFP) – Alessandro Ballan and former Tour of Italy winners Damiano Cunego and Ivan Basso have been named in a formidable Italian team for the world [...]

• BMC Announces the Signing Of Two More Riders For 2010
  September 9th, 2009
  

  On the heels of signing some of the most established riders in the peloton such as Georges Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Alessandro Ballan, Marcus Burghardt and Steve Moribito, BMC is reiterating [...]

• BMC Racing Team Signs “Big George” Hincapie, Alessandro Ballan, And More
  September 1st, 2009
  

  BMC Racing Team announces the signing of the current World Professional Road Champion, current US Professional Road Champion and proven, successful new riders for the 2010 season. They look forward [...]

• Italy’s Ballan Wins Tour of Poland, Greipel Takes Final Stage
  August 8th, 2009
  

  KRAKOW, Poland, Aug 8, 2009 (AFP) – Italy’s Alessandro Ballan, of the Lampre team, won the 66th edition of the Tour of Poland here on Saturday after the seventh and [...]

• Menchov Crashes On Team Time Trial
  July 7th, 2009
  

  MONTPELLIER, France, July 7, 2009 (AFP) – Russian Tour de France contender Denis Menchov got off to the worst possible start in stage four’s team time trial when he crashed [...]

• Armstrong ‘Not Giro Favourite’ Says World Champ Ballan
  May 5th, 2009
  

  ROME, May 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion cyclist Alessandro Ballan says former Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso is the favourite for this year’s event over debutant Lance Armstrong. [...]

• Alessandro Ballan To Focus On Milan San Remo
  March 5th, 2009
  

  Ballan focussing on San Remo and northern classics ROME, March 5, 2009 (AFP) – World champion Alessandro Ballan said he would be focusing on the Milan-San Remo and northern classics [...]

• Italy’s World Champion Ballan To Race In The Tour of Latium and Paris-Tours
  October 1st, 2008
  

  World champion Ballan to race Paris-Tours, Tour of Lombardy PARIS, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s newly-crowned world men’s road race champion Alessandro Ballan will race the last two classics [...]

• Lloyd The Only Aussie Survivor Of The Worlds Slaughter
  September 29th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis VARESE, Italy, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) – Matthew Lloyd took the unenviable honor of being the only rider from Australia’s team here at the world championships to [...]

• Alessandro Ballan Keeps The Rainbow Jersey in Italy
  September 28th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis Former Tour of Flanders champion Alessandro Ballan heralded a new era for the Italians at the world championships by upstaging Paolo Bettini to win the coveted rainbow [...]

• Alessandro Ballan of Lampre Wins Tour of Spain Seventh Stage
  September 6th, 2008
  

  Italian Alessandro Ballan of Lampre won Saturday’s seventh stage of the Tour of Spain, a 223.2 km ride from Barbastro to La Rabassa in Andorra, to take the overall lead [...]

• Kurt Arvesen Breaks Duck, But Ready To Fly For CSC
  July 16th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – CSC’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen is digesting his maiden stage win on the Tour de France as quickly as he can. After [...]

• Kurt Arvesen of CSC Saxo Bank Wins Stage 11 As Cadel Evans Remains In Yellow Jersey
  July 16th, 2008
  

  FOIX, France, July 16, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans spent a relaxing first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey Wednesday as the peloton reeled from a second [...]