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Martin Kohler, Steve Morabito, Michael Schär and Danilo Wyss will continue to ride for the BMC Racing Team in 2013. President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced contract extensions Thursday for those Swiss riders. Valuable Contributors Kohler ? the reigning Swiss national road champion ? and Wyss have been a part of the BMC Racing Team since the 2008 season while Morabito and Schär came … [Read more...]
Five riders who helped Cadel Evans win the Tour de France are among those on the BMC Racing Team's latest list of re-signings for 2012 and beyond, the team announced Thursday. Played Major Roles Brent Bookwalter (USA), Marcus Burghardt (GER), Steve Morabito (SUI), Manuel Quinziato (ITA) and Michael Schär (SUI) have each had their contracts extended, BMC Racing Team President and General … [Read more...]
Steve Morabito had his solo victory and apparent race lead stripped away Friday when race officials at the Tour de l'Ain deemed the BMC Racing Team rider did not properly follow the course in the final two kilometers. A Costly Decision Morabito and two other riders were relegated for going the wrong way around a roundabout. The race jury's decision elevated second-place finisher, Maxime Bouet … [Read more...]
The BMC Racing Team enjoyed its most prolific result at the Tour de Suisse Sunday, with Steve Morabito finishing fourth overall, Mathias Frank winning the king of the mountain and intermediate sprints jerseys and Marcus Burghardt taking the points jersey. Morabito Six Seconds Out Of Third Morabito said he wasn't too disappointed that he slipped one place following the 26.9 individual time … [Read more...]
U.S. national champion George Hincapie and Norwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff will hunt for stage wins while the BMC Racing Team will look to Hincapie and Swiss Steve Morabito for the overall at the Amgen Tour of California. Race Begins Sunday BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Michael Sayers said the eight-day, 1,304-kilometer race suits Hincapie, a stage winner here in 2006 and 2008. "If … [Read more...]
Karsten Kroon led the BMC Racing Team on Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour du Haut Var. The Dutchman finished 23rd in a wind-swept 108-mile (175 km) race from La Croix Valmer to Grimaud. Kroon, Morabito With Leaders Kroon and Steve Morabito were the only BMC Racing Team riders to finish in the leading groups that arrived at the finish within 30 seconds of stage winner Rinaldo Nocentini … [Read more...]
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 to an aggressive 2010 schedule focused on a higher level of professional racing The BMC Racing Team has acquired the current World Professional Road Champion from Italy, Alessandro Ballan, as well as … [Read more...]