BMC 2010

As this blog serves as my personal journal of thoughts and experiences to road cycling and racing, I'm also a young fan of the sport as I am getting into it more, and learning about the teams, riders, history, bikes, etc... For some reason I've slowly become a fan of the BMC racing team and am rooting for them to do well this year. Obviously their signing of some heavy hitters like WC Cadel Evans/ Alessandro Ballan, as well as Hincapie will make them a more popular team this year even though they are a Pro Continental team, and not a Pro Tour registered team. Hopefully this will give them more of a spotlight so fans like myself can learn more about the inner workings of their team and organization. We are all rooting for Big George to do well at Paris Roubaix this year and finally take it home!

US Pro Champ


Jeff Louder's New Pro Machine in Red/White



(Photos from Above Category's twitter) abovecategorycycling.com




(Photos from bmcracingteam.com)

Some neat insider facts about the BMC kits from Neil Browne's site, neilbrowne.com:

* The BMC team has 23 pro and three U23 riders.
* Each rider will get approximately 60 pieces of cycling clothing throughout the year. Clothing is replaced when riders crash, lose them or wear out.
* Casual clothing will include Hincapie denim jeans, track suits and collared shirts. If you want to hear a fun story ask Rich what he had to do to the track jackets before they were sent to the team.
* The total amount of clothing pieces sent to the team are in the thousands (in addition to the basic kit of shorts and jersey there are many different types of gloves, various skinsuit types, various jackets and shoe covers to name just a few pieces).
* The retail cost for the amount of clothing for the team is between $300,000 to $400,000.


2010 BMC Racing Team Roster:
Alessandro Ballan (IT)
Chris Barton (USA)
Chad Beyer (USA)
Brent Bookwalter (USA)
Marcus Burghardt(GER)
Cadel Evans (AUS)
Mathias Frank (SUI)
Thomas Frei (SUI)
George Hincapie (USA)
Martin Kohler (SUI)
Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Karsten Kroon (NED)
Jeff Louder (USA)
Steve Morabito (SUI)
Alex Moos (SUI)
John Murphy (USA)
Scott Nydam (USA)
Mauro Santambrogio (IT)
Michael Schär (SUI)
Florian Stalder (SUI)
Jackson Stewart (USA)
Danilo Wyss (SUI)
Simon Zahner (SUI)

U23 Team Members:
Chris Butler (USA)
Cole House (USA)
Larry Warbasse (USA)

Chief Sports Director:
John Lelangue (BEL)

Assistant Sports Directors:
Fabio Baldato (IT)
Noel Dejonckheere (BEL)
René Savary (SUI)
Mike Sayers (USA)