Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux

Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux (UCI team code: IWG) is a UCI WorldTeam, that is title sponsored by French supermarket chain Intermarché, Belgian engineering firm Wanty and Belgian building materials provider Groupe Gobert Matériaux.

Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
Team information
UCI codeBMC (2007–2018)
CCC (2019–2020)
IWG (2021–)
RegisteredUnited States (2007–2018)
Poland (2019–2020)
Belgium (2021–)
Founded2007 (2007)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI WorldTeam
BicyclesCube Bikes
Key personnel
General managerJean-François Bourlart
Team name history
2007–2018
2019–2020
2021–
BMC Racing Team
CCC Team[1]
Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux

History

The team was founded as BMC Racing Team in 2007, sponsored by the bicycle manufacturer BMC Switzerland. The team signed a number of major international riders for the 2010 season, including 2009 World Champion, two-time Tour de France runner-up and 2011 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 U.S. Road Race Champion George Hincapie, 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan and Spring Classics specialists Karsten Kroon and Marcus Burghardt.

In 2010 the team participated in their first Grand Tours, having been invited to compete in the 2010 Tour de France and the 2010 Giro d'Italia. In 2011, the team attained UCI ProTeam status, the most prestigious classification available, and BMC rider Cadel Evans won the 2011 Tour de France. For 2012 the team signed Thor Hushovd and Philippe Gilbert, the 2010 and 2012 world-champions respectively.

In 2012, Evans was unable to defend his title at the Tour de France, finishing in seventh overall, two places behind teammate Tejay van Garderen.

Cadel Evans placed third overall at the 2013 Giro d'Italia.

At the 2013 Tour de France, Cadel Evans finished 39th, Tejay van Garderen 45th, with Steve Morabito the highest placed overall at 35th. Shortly after the end of the Tour, it was announced that John Lelangue, who had been directeur sportif since the team was founded in 2007, was leaving the team "for personal reasons".[2] In September 2013 Jim Ochowicz announced the appointment of Valerio Piva as Lelangue's replacement.[3]

For the 2015 season, BMC signed Alessandro De Marchi, Damiano Caruso and Jempy Drucker for the 2015 season[4] The team also announced they had signed Rohan Dennis - his transfer however was effective immediately.[5] Avermaet finished 8th in the World Tour individual classification. Meanwhile, the team won the Team Time Trial World Championship.

For the 2016 season, the team signed Richie Porte.[6][7] He scored podiums at the Tour Down Under and Paris–Nice to finish 7th in the World Tour individual classification, whereas Van Avermaet finished 6th overall after winning the Tirreno–Adriatico and GP de Montréal.

In the 2017 season, Van Avermaet won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem and the Paris–Roubaix, therefore he claimed the first place at the World Tour individual classification. Porte finished 12th overall, having won the Tour Down Under and Tour de Romandie. BMC ranked third in the World Tour points classification.

In the 2018 season, Porte won the Tour de Suisse.

In July 2018 the team announced that CCC would become the new title sponsor of the Continuum Sports-owned team, a move that would expand CCC's presence in cycling, with CCC's Professional Continental team, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, stepping down to the Continental level for the 2019 season as CCC Development Team. Van Avermaet will continue as leader, whereas Porte is expected to leave the team.

Ownership

The team was owned by Swiss businessman Andy Rihs until his death.[8] After his death the team passed to Jim Ochowicz and Gavin Chilcott.

In September 2020 CCC Team's licence holder Continuum Sports was sold to Belgian ProTeam Circus–Wanty Gobert.[9]

Doping

In April 2010, Thomas Frei tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), Frei was immediately withdrawn from racing by the team.[10] Frei was later sacked by the team.[11]

In August 2017, the UCI confirmed that Samuel Sanchez had returned a positive out of competition drug test for GHRP-2 (Pralmorelin).[12] He was immediately suspended by the team pending analysis of his B-sample.[13]

In February 2019, Kronen Zeitung broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Later, Stefan Denifl confessed to blood doping in a police interview.[14] Denifl had been due to join CCC Team in 2019 but his contract was terminated at Denifl's request in December 2018.[15] CCC Team general manager Jim Ochowicz confirmed that the team's medical assessment of Denifl's biological passport showed no warning signs of blood doping.[16]

Team roster
As of 1 January 2021.[17][18][19]
Rider Date of birth
 Jan Bakelants (BEL) (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986
 Jérémy Bellicaud (FRA) (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998
 Aimé De Gendt (BEL) (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994
 Jasper De Plus (BEL) (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997
 Ludwig De Winter (BEL) (1992-12-31) 31 December 1992
 Théo Delacroix (FRA) (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999
 Tom Devriendt (BEL) (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991
 Odd Christian Eiking (NOR) (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994
 Alex Evans (AUS) (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997
 Quinten Hermans (BEL) (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995
 Jan Hirt (CZE) (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991
 Jonas Koch (GER) (1993-06-25) 25 June 1993
 Wesley Kreder (NED) (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990
 Maurits Lammertink (NED) (1990-08-31) 31 August 1990
 Louis Meintjes (RSA) (1992-02-21) 21 February 1992
Rider Date of birth
 Riccardo Minali (ITA) (1995-04-19) 19 April 1995
 Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988
 Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993
 Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) (1988-09-28) 28 September 1988
 Lorenzo Rota (ITA) (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995
 Rein Taaramäe (EST) (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987
 Taco van der Hoorn (NED) (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993
 Corné van Kessel (NED) (1991-08-07) 7 August 1991
 Kevin Van Melsen (BEL) (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987
 Boy van Poppel (NED) (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988
 Danny van Poppel (NED) (1993-07-26) 26 July 1993
 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL) (1987-02-10) 10 February 1987
 Loïc Vliegen (BEL) (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993
 Georg Zimmermann (GER) (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997

Major wins
Main article: List of wins by BMC Racing Team and its successors

National and world champions
2011
Norway Road Race, Alexander Kristoff
Switzerland Time Trial, Martin Kohler
2012
Switzerland Road Race, Martin Kohler
World Road Race, Philippe Gilbert
2013
Italian Road Race, Ivan Santaromita
Italian Time Trial, Marco Pinotti
Switzerland Road Race, Michael Schär
Norway Road Race, Thor Hushovd
2014
USA Time Trial, Taylor Phinney
Slovakia Time Trial, Peter Velits
2015
World Track (Individual pursuit), Stefan Küng
Switzerland Time Trial, Silvan Dillier
Switzerland Road Race, Danilo Wyss
Switzerland Track (Individual pursuit), Stefan Küng
Switzerland Track (Points race), Stefan Küng
2016
Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis
USA Time Trial, Taylor Phinney
Italian Time Trial, Manuel Quinziato
Belgium Road Race Championships, Philippe Gilbert
2017
Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis
Australian Road Race, Miles Scotson
Luxembourg Time Trial, Jempy Drucker
Switzerland Time Trial, Stefan Küng
USA Time Trial, Joey Rosskopf
Switzerland Road Race, Silvan Dillier
2018
Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis
USA Time Trial, Joey Rosskopf
Switzerland Time Trial, Stefan Küng
World Time Trial, Rohan Dennis
2019
New Zealand Time Trial, Patrick Bevin
Poland Road Race, Michal Paluta
2020
Czech Republic Time Trial, Josef Černý
Poland Time Trial, Kamil Gradek

Sponsors

In 2019, besides CCC, notable sponsors include Giant, and Etxeondo.[20]

References
  1. "Circus-Wanty-Gobert Will Take Over CCC's Worldtour License". CyclingTips. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "Directeur sportif John Lelangue leaves BMC Racing". 22 July 2013.
  3. "BMC Racing Team Hires Piva As Sports Director". BMC Racing Team. September 2, 2013. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  4. "Professional cycling 2014-2015 Transfer Index - Cycling Weekly". 7 August 2014.
  5. "Rohan Dennis switches from Garmin to BMC mid-season - Cycling Weekly". 4 August 2014.
  6. "Richie Porte confirms he will leave Team Sky at end of cycling season". theguardian.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  7. "Porte confirmed with BMC for 2016 - Cyclingnews.com".
  8. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bmc-racing-owner-andy-rihs-dies-aged-75/
  9. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ccc-team-sells-worldtour-licence-to-circus-wanty-gobert-470908
  10. "Frei explains the motivation behind his doping - Cyclingnews.com".
  11. "Frei confesses to EPO usage and is released by BMC - Cyclingnews.com".
  12. "Samuel Sanchez tests positive in out-of-competition control - Cyclingnews.com".
  13. "Samuel Sanchez: Test result was a total surprise - Cyclingnews.com".
  14. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/denifl-confesses-to-blood-doping-in-police-interview/#disqus_thread
  15. https://cccteam.eu/news/ccc-team-and-stefan-denifl-dissolve-contract/
  16. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ochowicz-no-red-flags-in-denifls-biological-passport/
  17. "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  18. "Riccardo Minali promoveert dankzij Intermarché-Wanty Gobert weer naar WorldTour" [Riccardo Minali is promoted to WorldTour again thanks to Intermarché-Wanty Gobert]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  19. de Kort, Léon (16 December 2020). "Taco van der Hoorn blijft alsnog renner in WorldTour" [Taco van der Hoorn will still remain a rider in WorldTour]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  20. "Partners". BMC. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
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