2014 BMC Racing Team season

BMC Racing Team
2014 season
Manager	Jim Ochowicz
Season victories
One-day races	5
Stage race overall	6
Stage race stages	17
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The 2014 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of August 3, 2014. ^[1]

Rider Date of birth   Darwin Atapuma  (COL) (1988-01-15)January 15, 1988 (aged 25)   Alessandro Ballan [N 1]  (ITA) (1979-11-06)November 6, 1979 (aged 34)   Brent Bookwalter  (USA) (1984-02-16)February 16, 1984 (aged 29)   Marcus Burghardt  (GER) (1983-06-30)June 30, 1983 (aged 30)   Steve Cummings  (GBR) (1981-03-19)March 19, 1981 (aged 32)   Rohan Dennis [N 2]  (AUS) (1990-05-28)May 28, 1990 (aged 23)   Silvan Dillier  (SUI) (1990-08-03)August 3, 1990 (aged 23)   Yannick Eijssen  (BEL) (1989-06-26)June 26, 1989 (aged 24)   Cadel Evans  (AUS) (1977-02-14)February 14, 1977 (aged 36)   Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) (1982-07-05)July 5, 1982 (aged 31)   Ben Hermans  (BEL) (1986-06-08)June 8, 1986 (aged 27)   Thor Hushovd  (NOR) (1978-01-18)January 18, 1978 (aged 35)   Martin Kohler  (SUI) (1985-07-17)July 17, 1985 (aged 28)   Sebastian Lander  (DEN) (1991-03-11)March 11, 1991 (aged 22)   Klaas Lodewyck  (BEL) (1988-03-24)March 24, 1988 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth   Amaël Moinard  (FRA) (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 31)   Steve Morabito  (SUI) (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 (aged 30)   Dominik Nerz  (GER) (1989-08-25)August 25, 1989 (aged 24)   Daniel Oss  (ITA) (1987-01-13)January 13, 1987 (aged 26)   Taylor Phinney  (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 23)   Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) (1979-10-30)October 30, 1979 (aged 34)   Samuel Sánchez [N 3]  (ESP) (1978-02-05)February 5, 1978 (aged 35)   Michael Schär  (SUI) (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 (aged 27)   Peter Stetina  (USA) (1987-08-08)August 8, 1987 (aged 26)   Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL) (1985-05-17)May 17, 1985 (aged 28)   Tejay van Garderen  (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 25)   Peter Velits  (SVK) (1985-08-12)August 12, 1985 (aged 28)   Larry Warbasse  (USA) (1990-06-28)June 28, 1990 (aged 23)   Danilo Wyss  (SUI) (1985-08-26)August 26, 1985 (aged 28)   Rick Zabel  (GER) (1993-12-07)December 7, 1993 (aged 20)

1. Ballan was fired by the team on January 17, following his two-year doping ban. ^[2]
2. Dennis joined the team on August 1. ^[3]
3. Sánchez joined the team on February 2. ^[4]

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season Rider 2013 team Darwin Atapuma [5] Colombia Silvan Dillier neo-pro(stagiaire, BMC Racing Team) Ben Hermans [6] RadioShack–Leopard Peter Stetina [7] Garmin–Sharp Peter Velits [8] Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Rick Zabel neo-pro(Rabobank Development Team)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Rider 2014 team Adam Blythe [9] NFTO Pro Cycling Mathias Frank [10] IAM Cycling Marco Pinotti [11] Retired Ivan Santaromita [12] Orica–GreenEDGE

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
January 23	Tour Down Under, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Cadel Evans  (AUS)	Australia	Campbelltown
February 5	Dubai Tour, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Taylor Phinney  (USA)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
February 8	Dubai Tour, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Taylor Phinney  (USA)	United Arab Emirates
February 8	Dubai Tour, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Taylor Phinney  (USA)	United Arab Emirates
February 15	Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Steve Cummings  (GBR)	France	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
February 16	Tour Méditerranéen, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Steve Cummings  (GBR)	France
February 16	Tour Méditerranéen, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	France
February 23	Tour du Haut Var, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Amaël Moinard  (FRA)	France	Draguignan
March 27	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Tejay van Garderen  (USA)	Spain	Vallter 2000–Setcases
April 12	Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 2]	Spain
April 16	Brabantse Pijl	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Belgium	Overijse
April 20	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Netherlands	Valkenburg
April 22	Giro del Trentino, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Team time trial [N 3]	Italy	Arco
April 24	Giro del Trentino, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Cadel Evans  (AUS)	Italy	Roncone
April 25	Giro del Trentino, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Cadel Evans  (AUS)	Italy
May 4	Tour de Romandie, Sprints classification	UCI World Tour	Martin Kohler  (SUI)	Switzerland
May 15	Tour of California, Stage 5	UCI America Tour	Taylor Phinney  (USA)	United States	Santa Barbara
May 18	Tour de Picardie, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	France
June 1	Tour of Belgium, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Belgium
June 18	Ster ZLM Toer, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Netherlands	Bladel
June 21	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Netherlands	La Gileppe
June 22	Ster ZLM Toer, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	Netherlands
July 30	Tour de Wallonie, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Silvan Dillier  (SUI)	Belgium
August 5	Tour of Utah, Stage 2	UCI America Tour	Michael Schär  (SUI)	United States	Torrey
August 9	Tour of Utah, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Cadel Evans  (AUS)	United States	Snowbird
August 10	Tour of Utah, Stage 7	UCI America Tour	Cadel Evans  (AUS)	United States	Park City
August 10	Tour of Utah, Young rider classification	UCI America Tour	Dylan Teuns  (BEL)	United States
August 15	Eneco Tour, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL)	Belgium	Geraardsbergen
August 20	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Tejay van Garderen  (USA)	United States	Monarch Mountain
August 23	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Tejay van Garderen  (USA)	United States	Vail
August 24	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Overall	UCI America Tour	Tejay van Garderen  (USA)	United States
August 24	USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Teams classification	UCI America Tour	[N 4]	United States
September 14	Tour of Britain, Sprints classification	UCI Europe Tour	Sebastian Lander  (DEN)	United Kingdom
September 17	Grand Prix de Wallonie	UCI Europe Tour	Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL)	Belgium	Namur
September 20	GP Impanis-Van Petegem	UCI Europe Tour	Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL)	Belgium	Haacht
September 21	UCI Road World Championships, Team time trial	UCI World Tour	[N 5]	Spain	Ponferrada
October 11	Tour of Beijing, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	China	Yanqing
October 14	Tour of Beijing, Overall	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)	China

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Steve Cummings, Amaël Moinard, Yannick Eijssen, Ben Hermans, Thor Hushovd, Klaas Lodewyck, Taylor Phinney, and Larry Warbasse
2. The riders on the squad were Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, Samuel Sánchez, Darwin Atapuma, Amaël Moinard, Dominik Nerz, Tejay van Garderen, and Peter Velits
3. The riders on the squad were Cadel Evans, Yannick Eijssen, Brent Bookwalter, Martin Kohler, Sebastian Lander, Steve Morabito, Daniel Oss and Rick Zabel
4. The riders on the squad were Tejay van Garderen, Brent Bookwalter, Yannick Eijssen, Martin Kohler, Ben Hermans, Michael Schär, Peter Stetina, and Rick Zabel
5. The riders on the squad were Rohan Dennis, Silvan Dillier, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Tejay van Garderen and Peter Velits

References

1. "BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA". UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
2. Wynn, Nigel (January 17, 2014). "Alessandro Ballan sacked by BMC after doping ban". Cycling Weekly . Retrieved January 18, 2014.
3. "Dennis to ride Vuelta a España for BMC after leaving Garmin". cyclingnews.com . August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
4. "Samuel Sanchez joins BMC Racing for 2014". VeloNews . February 2, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
5. "Darwin Atapuma signs for BMC as American team buy into Colombian climbing revolution". Sky Sports . BSkyB. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
6. "BMC Racing Team Signs Ben Hermans". BMC Racing Team . BMC Trading. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
7. "Peter Stetina signs with BMC". Cyclingnews.com . August 14, 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
8. "Peter Velits leaving Omega Pharma-Quickstep for BMC Racing". Sky Sports . BSkyB. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
9. Daniel Benson (27 October 2013). "Blythe Out Of BMC And Signs For NFTO". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
10. "Chavanel, Frank among transfers to IAM Cycling". VeloNews . 22 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
11. Ryan, Barry (4 October 2013). "Pinotti to retire at the end of the season". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
12. "Santaromita joins Orica-GreenEdge for 2014". VeloNews . 12 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.