2017 BMC Racing Team season explained

Team:	BMC Racing Team
Season:	2017
Men:	yes
Ucicode:	BMC
Status:	UCI WorldTeam
Manager:	Jim Ochowicz
Sponsor:	BMC Switzerland
Base:	United States
Bikes:	BMC
Groupset:	Shimano
Onedaywins:	4
Stageraceoverall:	10
Stageracestages:	28
Natcwins:	6
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

The 2017 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season

Rider	2016 team
Martin Elmiger^[1]
Kilian Frankiny^[2]	neo-pro
Nicolas Roche^[3]
Miles Scotson^[4]
Francisco Ventoso^[5]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season

Rider	2017 team
Darwin Atapuma^[6]
Marcus Burghardt^[7]
Philippe Gilbert^[8]
Taylor Phinney^[9]
Peter Velits^[10]	Retired
Rick Zabel^[11]

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
	Tour Down Under, Stage 2				Paracombe
	Tour Down Under, Stage 5				Willunga
	Tour Down Under, Overall
	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 1		Team Time Trial ^[12]		Orihuela
	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Youth classification
	Tour of Oman, Stage 2				Al-Bustan
	Tour of Oman, Stage 5				Jebel Akhdar
	Tour of Oman, Overall
	Tour du Haut Var, Youth classification
	Tour du Haut Var, Teams classification		^[13]
	Tour La Provence, Overall
	Tour La Provence, Points classification
	Tour La Provence, Teams classification		^[14]
					Ghent
	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1		Team Time Trial ^[15]		Lido di Camaiore
	Paris–Nice, Stage 7				Col de la Couillole
	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7				San Benedetto del Tronto
	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2		Team Time Trial ^[16]		Banyoles
					Harelbeke
					Wevelgem
					Roubaix
	Tour of the Alps, Stage 2				Innervillgraten
	Tour of the Alps, Teams classification		^[17]
	Tour de Romandie, Stage 2				Bulle
	Tour de Romandie, Overall
	Tour de Romandie, Points classification
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 6				Terme Luigiane
	Giro d'Italia, Stage 18				Ortisei/St. Ulrich
	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1				Bascharage
	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 2				Walferdange
	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 4				Luxembourg
	Tour de Luxembourg, Overall
	Tour de Luxembourg, Points classification
	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5				Bourgoin-Jallieu
	Tour de Suisse, Stage 1				Cham
	Route du Sud, Overall
	Route du Sud, Points classification
	Route du Sud, Mountains classification
	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9				Schaffhausen
	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 3				Houffalize
	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 4				Profondeville
	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5				Thuin
	Tour de Wallonie, Overall
	Tour de Wallonie, Points classification
	Tour de Pologne, Stage 3				Szczyrk
	Tour of Utah, Stage 2				Snowbasin
	Tour de Pologne, Overall
	BinckBank Tour, Stage 2				Voorburg
	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 1				Narvik
	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 4				Tromsø
	Arctic Race of Norway, Overall
	Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification
	Arctic Race of Norway, Youth classification
	Colorado Classic, Overall
	Vuelta a España, Stage 1		Team Time Trial ^[18]		Nîmes

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
					Ballarat
					Buninyong
					Remerschen
					Lüterkofen-Ichertswil
					Knoxville
					Affoltern am Albis

Notes and References

1. Web site: BMC announce Martin Elmiger signing . 14 October 2016 . . 31 March 2017 .
2. Web site: BMC promote Kilian Frankiny from development squad to WorldTour . 21 September 2016 . . 31 March 2017 .
3. Web site: Nicolas Roche leaves Team Sky for BMC . 1 August 2016 . . 31 March 2017 .
4. Web site: BMC Racing sign Miles Scotson . 19 November 2016 . . 31 March 2017 .
5. Web site: Ventoso joins BMC Racing in 2017 . 27 September 2016 . . 31 March 2017 .
6. Web site: Atapuma leaves BMC to join Project TJ Sport in 2017 . 19 September 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
7. Web site: Marcus Burghardt signs for Bora-Hansgrohe . 19 August 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
8. Web site: Gilbert signs with Etixx-QuickStep . 16 August 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
9. Web site: Taylor Phinney: I'll start a new chapter at Cannondale-Drapac . 27 September 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
10. Web site: Peter Velits announces retirement from cycling . 27 November 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
11. Web site: Rick Zabel joins Katusha on two-year contract - News shorts . 30 August 2016 . . 31 March 2017.
12. The winning riders were Tom Bohli, Alessandro De Marchi, Ben Hermans, Stefan Küng, Nicolas Roche, Michael Schär and Greg Van Avermaet
13. The riders on the squad were Tom Bohli, Brent Bookwalter, Damiano Caruso, Silvan Dillier, Floris Gerts, Joey Rosskopf, Miles Scotson and Francisco Ventoso
14. The riders on the squad were Tom Bohli, Brent Bookwalter, Damiano Caruso, Rohan Dennis, Silvan Dillier, Amaël Moinard, Joey Rosskopf and Danilo Wyss
15. The winning riders were Greg Van Avermaet, Damiano Caruso, Rohan Dennis, Jempy Drucker, Stefan Küng, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato and Tejay van Garderen
16. The winning riders were Samuel Sánchez, Rohan Dennis, Tejay van Garderen, Ben Hermans, Brent Bookwalter, Joey Rosskopf, Alessandro De Marchi and Kilian Frankiny
17. The riders on the squad were Damiano Caruso, Rohan Dennis, Manuel Senni, Kilian Frankiny, Brent Bookwalter, Joey Rosskopf, Tom Bohli and Miles Scotson
18. The winning riders were Damiano Caruso, Alessandro De Marchi, Rohan Dennis, Kilian Frankiny, Daniel Oss, Nicolas Roche, Loïc Vliegen, Tejay van Garderen and Francisco Ventoso