The BMC Racing Team will send seven riders and six staff members to the Olympic Games in London, President Jim Ochowicz announced Monday. Road Race and Time Trial Participants BMC Racing Team riders participating in the 250-kilometer road race Saturday are Cadel Evans (AUS), Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Taylor Phinney (USA), […]
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BMC: VanGarderen Best Young Rider, Hincapie Makes History
Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team became only the third American to win the best young rider classification at the Tour de France Sunday while teammate George Hincapie made history by reaching Paris and finishing a record 16th edition of the world’s greatest bicycle race. With van Garderen […]
Colombia Coldeportes in London
Fabio Duarte spent one of the most important days of the year for Colombians in Bogota: July 20th, Colombian independence day. Even the celebration day couldn’t turn Colombia Coldeportes’ rider away from his focus on the London Olympic Games, where he will take part in both the road and time-trial […]
Radio Shack 2012 Best Tour Team
RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK successfully secured victory in the prestigious team classification in the 2012 Tour de France, leading Bradley Wiggins’ Team Sky by almost 6 minutes. “Winning the Team Classification (the total of times for the first three riders on each stage) is always special, especially with only six riders […]
Gretsch Proves Himself on Stage 18
During Friday’s eighteenth stage of the Tour de France Patrick Gretsch was part of a very strong breakaway. Unfortunately, the select group, including seven riders who’d in the past won a Tour stage, didn’t get permission from the peloton to stay away. On the rolling roads between Blagnac and Brive-la-Gaillarde […]
Tour de France, Stage 17: Van Garderen, Evans Move Up In The Standings
BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen continued his climb up the overall standings at the Tour de France Thursday, moving into fifth place while holding onto his lead in the best young rider classification. Teammate Cadel Evans also improved one spot, to sixth overall, on the race’s final day in […]
Schlecks May Go Back to Astana
Rumors are floating that the Schleck brothers will leave Radio Shack and go back to the Astana team next year. A Luxembourg newspaper has reported that they are on the outs with the team management and have filed a report with the UCI about unpaid wages. Vinoukourov who had replaced […]
Guiberteau Proud of Sprick
It might not have been the terrain where you normally would expect Matthieu Sprick, but yet the Frenchman was to be seen at the front in the Pyrenees during Wednesday’s 16th stage of the Tour de France. As part of a large breakaway, Sprick was out of reach of the […]
Van Garderen Moves Up, Evans Slips
Tour de France, Stage 16: Van Garderen Moves Up; Evans Slips Back BMC Racing Team’s Tejay van Garderen climbed one spot to sixth in the overall standings Wednesday while teammate Cadel Evans lost time and slid from fourth to seventh overall on the penultimate day in the mountains at the […]
Frank Schleck Statement
Our team attaches great value to transparency. Because of this, we can announce the following as a response to the adverse analytical finding of xipamide in Fränk Schleck’s urine sample of July 14 during the Tour de France. After being informed by the UCI about the presence of xipamide in […]