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The BMC Racing Team will open its 2012 season at the Santos Tour Down Under with a lineup that includes Australian Tim Roe and Paris-Tours winner Greg Van Avermaet. Not [...]
BRUSSELS, Aug 11, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian cycling star Philippe Gilbert is edging closer to signing for American team BMC, according to Belgian press reports quoting the rider’s manager Vincent [...]
Thor Hushovd will join the BMC Racing Team for the 2012 season, becoming the third straight world road champion to become part of the American team’s roster the past two [...]
Tour de France winner Cadel Evans will close out his season with one more criterium in Europe, followed by an appearance with the BMC Racing Team in the inaugural edition [...]
Tour de France champion Cadel Evans and three-time U.S. national road champion George Hincapie will stay on with the BMC Racing Team in 2012, President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz announced Monday. [...]
After receiving valuable help from his teammates, Greg Van Avermaet finished the job himself Wednesday at the Tour de Wallonie by sprinting to victory in the final stage and earning [...]
Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team confirmed his place in Tour de France history Sunday by becoming the first Australian to win the world’s greatest bicycle race. ‘We Did [...]
Cadel Evans’s BMC team walked away from the Tour de France with the lion’s share of the cash prize after the Australian claimed an historic maiden victory on the race [...]
Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team confirmed his climbing form on the Tour de France’s first major mountain stage by finishing fifth and gaining more time on several of [...]
PARIS, June 20, 2011 (AFP) – Cadel Evans will have the support of a “well-balanced” squad when the Australian challenges for the Tour de France yellow jersey, his BMC team [...]
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 [...]
With a roster featuring four riders who have finished in the top 10 at the Tour of Flanders, the BMC Racing Team will rely on experience in Sunday’s Belgian classic. [...]
ROME, March 14, 2011 – Cadel Evans weathered a late storm to consolidate his Tirreno-Adriatico lead with an impressive victory on stage six of the Italian race on Monday. Evans [...]
Taylor Phinney will resume his racing program for the BMC Racing Team at the Volta a Catalunya (March 21-27) following his recovery from a training ride crash last month. Excited [...]
BMC Racing Team Has Options For Paris-Nice With no designated leader for Paris-Nice, the BMC Racing Team brings a number of options into its first appearance in the eight-day race [...]
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 [...]
The BMC Racing Team will not participate at this time in any planned protest over the radio ban imposed by the UCI in non-World calendar races, said BMC Racing Team [...]
He is considered one of the most promising professional cyclists of his generation. But for Taylor Phinney, there will be no immediate pressure to perform in his first season with [...]
Team BMC will return to Adelaide in January to compete in the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under, bringing with them South Australian young gun turned pro cyclist, Tim Roe. Hailing [...]
The objectives that BMC Racing Team Directeur Sportif John Lelangue laid out a year ago helped the squad achieve success throughout 2010, while also paving the way for it to [...]
When Marcus Burghardt won Stage 5 of the Tour de Suisse, it was the beginning of a series of successes for the BMC Racing Team in the race held on [...]
Beginning January 1, 2011, a top international team will take part in the XC and Marathon World Cup under the BMC flag with the BMC Mountainbike Team. BMC is linked [...]
The International Cycling Union (UCI) granted the BMC Racing Team ProTeam status for 2011 on Monday, fulfilling another one of the team’s long-term goals, said cycling visionary and team owner [...]
When Brent Bookwalter crossed the finish line on the first day of the Giro d’Italia, the BMC Racing Team rider had no idea his performance had thrust him into the [...]
Former world road champion Alessandro Ballan will be the BMC Racing Team’s appointed leader for Sunday’s French fall classic, Paris-Tours. Make It Selective The recent world road championships in Australia [...]
Be it a race of expected attrition (GP de Wallonie) or one more for the sprinters (Kampioenschap Van Vlaanderen), the BMC Racing Team fields a qualified roster for both Belgian [...]
Recovery from an elbow broken in a crash during the Tour de France is forcing Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team to alter his schedule leading up to defense [...]
What looked to be a possible stage win for Martin Kohler nearly ended in a crash Wednesday when the BMC Racing Team rider became tangled up in the chaotic dash [...]
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 [...]
Tour de France, Stage 16: Surviving The Mountains Slowed by a fractured left elbow that earlier kept him from defending the lead at the Tour de France, Cadel Evans of [...]
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France, July 19, 2010 (AFP) – Italian Mauro Santambrogio, one of the riders supposed to help Australian Cadel Evans in the mountain stages of the Tour de France, retired [...]
GAP, France – Cadel Evans on Wednesday said a lack of sleep due to pain from a fractured elbow led to his collapse on the ninth stage of the Tour [...]
National road champion George Hincapie, and Salt Lake City native and 2008 Tour of Utah winner Jeff Louder to race SALT LAKE CITY – July 12, 2010 – The 2010 [...]
MORZINE-AVORIAZ – American Lance Armstrong ruled himself out of going for an eighth Tour de France title after two crashes saw him finish Sunday’s action-packed eighth stage almost 12 minutes [...]
World champion Cadel Evans earned the BMC Racing Team its first yellow jersey Sunday after recovering from an early-race crash on a mountainous day at the Tour de France. Leads [...]
Cadel Evans moved into third place overall for the BMC Racing Team Tuesday at the Tour de France by making the front group on a treacherous ride over seven cobblestone [...]
Written by: Justin Davis ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Former two-time runner-up Cadel Evans looked decidedly less upbeat and confident the day before he begins his bid to relaunch his Tour de [...]
FRUTIGEN, Switzerland, June 16, 2010 – BMC’s Marcus Burghardt claimed his first major win of the season when he dominated the rain-hit fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland Wednesday. [...]
Although not participating in the Tour de Suisse, BMC Racing Team world champion Cadel Evans is enjoying the UCI’s No. 1 ranking as he prepares for next month’s Tour de [...]
A one-day race in Switzerland Sunday marks the return of Alessandro Ballan and Karsten Kroon while the BMC Racing Team also fields a squad the same day for the biggest [...]
Alexander Kristoff of the BMC Racing Team finished third on Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California to earn the Best Young Rider jersey Sunday while teammate George Hincapie [...]
World champion Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team won his first stage of the Giro d’Italia Saturday in epic fashion, out-sprinting a small group at the end of 220 [...]
Giro d’Italia, Stage 6: Looking Ahead Cadel Evans and the BMC Racing Team safely completed Friday’s Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia while looking ahead to a pair of 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 [...]
A crash in the final 10 kilometers of Monday’s stage of the Giro d’Italia held up Cadel Evans long enough to take the maglia rosa off the back of the [...]
Utrecht, The Netherlands: The BMC Racing Team endured a half-dozen crashes on Sunday’s stage of the Giro d’Italia, the most serious of which forced Martin Kohler to abandon with a [...]
Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team assumed the overall lead at the Giro d’Italia Sunday following a crash-filled stage that claimed one of the world champion’s teammates, Martin Kohler. [...]
Giro d’Italia, Stage 1: Impressive Start Brent Bookwalter and world road champion Cadel Evans finished second and third, respectively, in Saturday’s Stage 1 individual time trial at the Giro d’Italia. [...]
AMSTERDAM, May 7, 2010 (AFP) – The Tour of Italy, unusually, starts off in the Netherlands on Saturday with a host of big names in with a chance of winning [...]
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010-05-05 Question And Answer With The World Champion The BMC Racing Team will ride the Giro d’Italia in support of Australian Cadel Evans. The reigning world champion [...]
The BMC Racing Team has concluded its preliminary internal investigation regarding rider Mauro Santambrogio. The BMC Racing Team has concluded that there is no indication that Mauro Santambrogio was involved [...]
Karsten Kroon will undergo surgery Monday morning to repair facial injuries the BMC Racing Team rider sustained during a crash Wednesday at Fléche Wallonne. Cheekbone And Nose Displaced Kroon fractured [...]
Press Release from Team BMC on the positive ‘A’ sample of Thomas Frei for EPO. The statement below is from Jim Ochowicz who is the President of team BMC. It [...]
Huy (Belgium), April 21, 2010 (AFP) – Australian Cadel Evans, winner of the Fleche Walloon Wednesday, said he was “liberated” by his world champion’s jersey and assured that his “room [...]
The challenging four-day Italian stage race Giro del Trentino presents a number of opportunities for the BMC Racing Team, said BMC Racing Team Director Sportif John Lelangue. Mountaintop Finish Friday [...]
Karsten Kroon will get the support of world champion Cadel Evans and the rest of the BMC Racing Team Sunday as he bids to become the first Dutchman since 2001 [...]
George Hincapie was the BMC Racing Team’s best finisher at Paris-Roubaix, but the U.S. national champion said he lacked the form that carried him to top 10 finishes at the [...]
Written by: Simon Zahner (Team BMC) As everyone knows the weeks of the northern classics are full of races. there’s a lot of organization to do to move the riders [...]
It is happening next Sunday – the BMC Racing Team starts at the legendary classic Paris- Roubaix – and this with the new teammachine SLR01. It is not by chance [...]
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 [...]
The BMC Racing Team will be one of 16 teams in the field of this year’s Amgen Tour of California when the most prestigious stage race in the United States [...]
George Hincapie of the BMC Racing Team registered his sixth top 10 result at the Tour of Flanders Sunday with a team-best sixth-place finish in the Belgian Classic. Hincapie Ready [...]
The BMC Racing Team will field a roster for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders that includes four riders who have scored top 10 finishes at the Belgian Classic the past five [...]
The BMC Racing Team, with World Champion Cadel Evans, will compete in its first Tour de France when the world’s greatest bicycle race begins July 3 in the Dutch city [...]
Saturday’s E3 Prijs Vlaanderen-Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem provide the perfect final tests for the BMC Racing Team leading up to next weekend’s top Belgian Classic, the Tour of Flanders. Burghardt, Ballan [...]
Competing in the Criterium International this weekend provides the BMC Racing Team with the perfect opportunity to put its stage racing squad – led by world champion Cadel Evans – [...]
The announcement of an invitation to the Giro d’Italia presents the BMC Racing Team with an opportunity to showcase the talent of world champion Cadel Evans. The 3,418 km race [...]
Cadel Evans of the BMC Racing Team formally received the “Mendrisio d’Oro” trophy for his outstanding achievements during the 2009 cycling season. ‘A Great Honor’ Evans, the reigning world road [...]
Here is a collection of interviews of Team BMC riders, Hinacapie, Ballan, Wyss, and Burghardt. The interviews are preview interviews to the 101st running of the Milan-SanRemo race. HINCAPIE INTERVIEW [...]
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. [...]
Cadel Evans secured his third-place finish Tuesday at Tirreno-Adriatico, earning the reigning world road champion his second top five placing for the BMC Racing Team at a major stage race. [...]
Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 6: Evans Climbs Into Third Whether it was riding in a break (Marcus Burghardt) or providing a strong lead-out to the finish (Alessandro Ballan), solid team tactics helped [...]
Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 3: BMC Holding Position Following a third straight bunch sprint finish Friday at Tirreno-Adriatico, the BMC Racing Team is poised for the longest stage of the race. Saturday’s [...]
There are several objectives on tap for the BMC Racing Team when it competes this week in a pair of races in Belgium and one in Italy while also performing [...]
World road champion Cadel Evans takes the first pedal strokes of his 2010 European campaign for the BMC Racing Team this weekend in a pair of one-day races in Italy [...]
We had the opprotunity to go to the BMC training camp and conduct a few interviews. We were able to speak with Cadel Evans, George Hincapie, Jeff Louder, and John [...]
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 [...]
The roster the BMC Racing Team will field for the Tour du Haut Var is built to tame the terrain of southeastern France and motivated to get the team’s European [...]
On a day not expected to affect the standings, the BMC Racing Team put on an impressive display of teamwork to steer the race for the overall title at the [...]
The BMC Racing Team went on the offensive during Tuesday’s Stage 3 of the Tour of Oman, hoping to use some much-anticipated climbs to its advantage. Making The Race Tougher [...]
Working hard in Monday’s four-man breakaway Monday left Jackson Stewart of the BMC Racing Team completely spent. But the 79 miles the American spent on the front at the Tour [...]
Marcus Burghardt said his fifth place finish on the final classification at the Tour of Qatar certainly bodes well for the BMC Racing Team and its prospects for the upcoming [...]
Not content with his two straight top 15 finishes at the Tour of Qatar, the BMC Racing Team’s John Murphy rolled the dice Thursday and threw down an attack in [...]
Tour of Qatar, Stage 4: Kohler Makes Pre-Race Plan Reality Unlike most attack-from-the-gun moves, Martin Kohler’s long breakaway with two others actually was how the BMC Racing Team drew it [...]
Fresh off the BMC Racing Team’s training camp in California, Cadel Evans looks back on the start of his season and ahead to a year of racing alongside new teammates [...]
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 [...]
The first ProTour race! It has been officially announced that the BMC Racing Team has received an the only Wild Card invitation to compete in the Tour of Romandie Though [...]
The BMC Racing Team’s training camp in California produced something even more important than two solid weeks of riding to prepare the squad for the next nine months of racing. [...]
Though part of the BMC Racing Team has already kicked off the season at the Tour Down Under, the majority of the crew is preparing for the new season at [...]
ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) – Australia’s world champion Cadel Evans on Sunday targeted “unfinished business” in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France after a surprise sixth place [...]
Be it the dinner table, the mechanic’s room or the front office of the service course, the daily core workouts have become the talk of this year’s BMC Racing Team [...]
The state of California is suffering through one of its wettest winters in years and the riders on the BMC Racing Team are right in the thick of it. Thursday’s [...]
Long Day In The Saddle Driving rain, gusty winds, water-logged roads and even a bit of sunshine. Yes, Day 3 of the BMC Racing Team training camp had a little [...]
Two days before the start of the first ProTour race of the new season, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, the teams took part in the official team presentation on [...]
The BMC Racing Team learned Monday it has been granted Wild Card status for the 2010 season by the International Cycling Union (UCI). The decision by the UCI’s license committee [...]
Team BMC Racing will be starting their 2010 racing season at the Tour Down Under. The race will run from January 19 to January 24. BMC is bringing a very [...]
Already Training at full steam, BMC Racing Team is ready for the new year With just a few weeks until the 2010 season gets underway, the members of the BMC [...]
PARIS, Dec 15, 2009 (AFP) – Australia’s reigning world champion Cadel Evans will participate in the next edition of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in May 2010, race organizers RCS [...]
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 [...]
The BMC Racing Team today announced the signing of current World Professional Road Champion Cadel Evans to a three year contract. This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both [...]
Australia’s world road race cycling champion Cadel Evans has signed a three-year deal with the American team BMC, according to the team’s website on Sunday. Evans, a two-time runner-up on [...]
BMC regretfully announces that Jeff Louder is suffering from an illness which has cautiously been diagnosed as the H1N1 flu virus. He consequently will have to give up his spot [...]
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 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 [...]
Coming into the Tour of Utah prologue the BMC Racing Team’s major strategy was to cram as many of its riders into the top 10 as possible. Bringing probably the [...]
Arriving at the 2009 Tour of Utah as defending champions as well as hot favourites, the BMC Racing Team is not taking anything for granted. Hoping to repeat the successes [...]
BMC Racing Team’s Markus Zberg retires after 14 years as a pro After his high-speed crash this past Sunday at the Tour de l’Ain, the two-time Swiss National Champion had [...]
Santa Rosa, 2009-08-07 Having spent much of the 2009 domestic racing season as de facto director for the BMC Racing Team, Mike Sayers has signed a contract with the team [...]
Mathias Frank and Thomas Frei sandwich Cancellara on the podium at Swiss Nationals With three riders in the top ten and a fourth in the top 12, BMC can be [...]
Danilo Wyss wins Beauce stage 1, takes the race lead Having arrived at the Tour de Beauce with a very strong group of riders, the BMC Racing Team started the [...]
In another satisfying day for the BMC Racing Team, Markus Zberg earned second place on the stage in an exciting sprint finish. Missing out on the victory only by a [...]
BMC brings strong group of sprinters to Philadelphia International Championship Though the series of races known as Philly Week has been whittled down this year to the one day race [...]
BMC excited, well prepared for Dauphiné participation BMC has made no secret of their big plans for development and growth over the next several seasons. In their second year as [...]
Santa Rosa/Lausanne, 2009-04-24 BMC ready to bring A-Game to Romandie With the start of the Tour of Romandie just days away, the BMC Racing Team is putting the finishing touches [...]
Cambridge, 2009-04-19 Upstate New York’s answer to the cobbled classics of northern Europe, the Tour of the Battenkill challenges the participants with endless sections of dirt or gravel roads and [...]
Schoten, 2009-04-15 Tony Cruz continued the BMC Racing Team’s streak of successful races Wednesday by snagging 4th place in a mad sprint for the line which saw a handful of [...]
Roubaix, 2009-04-12 Lelangue: My most satisfying Roubaix ever! Having received a Wild Card invitation to the Paris-Roubaix barely a month ago, the BMC Racing Team was faced with the challenge [...]
Grenchen/Paris, 2009-04-08 For the Queen of all Classics racing, the Swiss bicycle manufacturer is equipping its racers with special bicycles designed to be more robust and absorb more of the [...]
Ancenis, 2009-04-07 Getting an important week of racing off to a good start for BMC, Martin Kohler inserted himself into the day’s main breakaway in the first stage of the [...]
Redlands, 2009-03-30 Louder and BMC wrap up Redlands Finishing the weekend with his biggest win since taking the overall at the 2008 Tour of Utah, BMC’s Jeff Louder unequivocally proclaimed [...]
Redlands, 2009-03-27 Coming into the Redlands Bicycle Classic with a high level of motivation, the BMC Racing Team packed 7 riders in the top 30 finishers of the Sun Time [...]
Santa Rosa, 2009-03-19 Though the team was unable to send a squad to San Dimas in 2008, BMC is looking forward to returning to the race in 2009. “I really [...]
BMC has succeeded in gaining an invitation to one of the monuments of cycling. “We are very happy to have been invited to the Paris-Roubaix as it shows the level [...]
Merced, 2009-03-02 Three guys riding like a squad of eight While the Swiss members of the team were racing around southern Switzerland this weekend, three US-based BMC riders joined General [...]
Salt Lake City / Santa Rosa – 02-25-2009 Several days on from breaking his collarbone in the fourth stage of the Tour of California, Scott Nydam has already started what [...]
Santa Rosa/Paris, 2009-02-20 BMC invited by ASO to race at Critérium International for 2nd year in a row For the second year running, the BMC Racing Team has earned an [...]
Nydam: Rattled my brain a bit, but I have a clean bill of health The day after suffering what Directeur Sportif John Lelangue called the scariest crash he had ever [...]
Santa Rosa / Hombrechtikon, 2009-02-13 BMC owner Andy Rihs and advisor Jim Ochowicz join group of share holders of BMC Racing team At North America’s only Pro Continental team spring [...]
With the first race of the season already handily in their back pockets, the BMC Racing Team is putting on the finishing touches of preparation for the 2009 Amgen Tour [...]
Doha Corniche, Qatar, 2009-02-06 Beyer spends day in break as Zberg finishes GC 15th The racing in Qatar continued on Friday with a subdued final stage around the Doha Corniche. [...]
Doha Golf Club, Qatar, 2009-02-03 Kohler spends day in break, Zberg takes 8th in stage The BMC Racing Team was pleased to have posted its first top 10 finish of [...]
Al Khor Corniche, Qatar, 2009-02-02 For BMC, the Tour of Qatar’s Stage 2 unfolded in a somewhat more satisfying fashion. BMC neo-pro Chad Beyer managed to insert himself into the [...]
“We are a little disappointed with this result” On the strength of the quality of the squad coming to Qatar as well as the exceptional efforts made in training since [...]
Santa Rosa, 2009-01-29 During the final few days of the BMC training camp last week, Gavin Chilcott needed to make a flying visit to Switzerland. Having once again applied for [...]
With the 2009 team BMC training camp in their back pockets, the 8 man squad heading to Qatar feels very much ready to start the year with a bang in [...]
There are few teams lucky enough to have a former Olympic Champion and Tour de France alumnus as their doctor. For Eric Heiden, it certainly seems nothing succeeds like success. [...]
Santa Rosa, 2009-01-14 BMC Racing Team–Camp Diary: Today with Cole House – U23 BMC Team member This training camp is my first time riding with all the guys from BMC [...]
No one has to guess whether BMC’s Martin Kohler is ready to get the season started. Though the BMC training camp is scheduled to start on the 9th, Kohler arranged [...]
Warming up for Training Camp: Lelangue’s 12 month advantage With the BMC Racing Team’s January training camp just days away, Directeur Sportif John Lelangue is in the final stages of [...]
Having had what could be termed a break-out year in 2008, Scott Nydam and the rest of the BMC Racing Team are chomping at the bit to kick off the [...]
Salt Lake Ciity, 2008-12-23 With training camp just weeks away, BMC\’s Louder excited for the season to start. Though BMC\’s Jeff Louder has not made a point of getting out [...]
Mallorca, 2008-12-15 With the main BMC training camp in early January fast approaching, the team members are already taking their preparation very seriously. For the Swiss contingency, the weather has [...]
Santa Rosa/Paris: Since the snow is falling and most people are turning their attention to winter activities like skiing and Christmas shopping, it is paradoxically time for professional cyclists and [...]
Tough Days in the Saddle The BMC Racing Team has returned to the cold Low Countries’ spring and ventured out in two more semi-classic races. Thursday found the squad at [...]