2014 BMC Racing Team season

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.

BMC Racing Team
2014 season
ManagerJim Ochowicz
Season victories
One-day races5
Stage race overall6
Stage race stages17
Jersey

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]

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
January 23Tour Down Under, Stage 3UCI World Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) AustraliaCampbelltown
February 5Dubai Tour, Stage 1UCI Asia Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) United Arab EmiratesDubai
February 8Dubai Tour, OverallUCI Asia Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) United Arab Emirates
February 8Dubai Tour, Young rider classificationUCI Asia Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) United Arab Emirates
February 15Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Steve Cummings (GBR) FranceSaint-Rémy-de-Provence
February 16Tour Méditerranéen, OverallUCI Europe Tour Steve Cummings (GBR) France
February 16Tour Méditerranéen, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 1] France
February 23Tour du Haut Var, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Amaël Moinard (FRA) FranceDraguignan
March 27Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4UCI World Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) SpainVallter 2000–Setcases
April 12Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 2] Spain
April 16Brabantse PijlUCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) BelgiumOverijse
April 20Amstel Gold RaceUCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) NetherlandsValkenburg
April 22Giro del Trentino, Stage 1UCI Europe TourTeam time trial[N 3] ItalyArco
April 24Giro del Trentino, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) ItalyRoncone
April 25Giro del Trentino, OverallUCI Europe Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) Italy
May 4Tour de Romandie, Sprints classificationUCI World Tour Martin Kohler (SUI)  Switzerland
May 15Tour of California, Stage 5UCI America Tour Taylor Phinney (USA) United StatesSanta Barbara
May 18Tour de Picardie, Mountains classificationUCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) France
June 1Tour of Belgium, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Belgium
June 18Ster ZLM Toer, PrologueUCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) NetherlandsBladel
June 21Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) NetherlandsLa Gileppe
June 22Ster ZLM Toer, OverallUCI Europe Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Netherlands
July 30Tour de Wallonie, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Silvan Dillier (SUI) Belgium
August 5Tour of Utah, Stage 2UCI America Tour Michael Schär (SUI) United StatesTorrey
August 9Tour of Utah, Stage 6UCI America Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) United StatesSnowbird
August 10Tour of Utah, Stage 7UCI America Tour Cadel Evans (AUS) United StatesPark City
August 10Tour of Utah, Young rider classificationUCI America Tour Dylan Teuns (BEL) United States
August 15Eneco Tour, Stage 5UCI World Tour Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BelgiumGeraardsbergen
August 20USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 3UCI America Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) United StatesMonarch Mountain
August 23USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 6UCI America Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) United StatesVail
August 24USA Pro Cycling Challenge, OverallUCI America Tour Tejay van Garderen (USA) United States
August 24USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Teams classificationUCI America Tour[N 4] United States
September 14Tour of Britain, Sprints classificationUCI Europe Tour Sebastian Lander (DEN) United Kingdom
September 17Grand Prix de WallonieUCI Europe Tour Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BelgiumNamur
September 20GP Impanis-Van PetegemUCI Europe Tour Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BelgiumHaacht
September 21UCI Road World Championships, Team time trialUCI World Tour[N 5] SpainPonferrada
October 11Tour of Beijing, Stage 2UCI World Tour Philippe Gilbert (BEL) ChinaYanqing
October 14Tour of Beijing, OverallUCI 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. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  2. Wynn, Nigel (January 17, 2014). "Alessandro Ballan sacked by BMC after doping ban". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 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. Competitor Group, Inc. February 2, 2014. 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. Future plc. 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. Competitor Group, Inc. 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. Competitor Group, Inc. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
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