CCC Pro Team () was a

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co-owned and managed by American cyclist

Jim Ochowicz Jim Ochowicz (born December 23, 1951) is a former Olympic bicyclist and manager of UCI WorldTeam . He served as president of the USA Cycling Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006.http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3512 Mark Abramson ...

, who founded the

7-Eleven Cycling Team The 7-Eleven Cycling Team, later the Motorola Cycling Team, was a professional cycling team founded in the U.S. in 1981 by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist. The team lasted 16 years, under the sponsorship of 7-Eleven through 1990 and t ...

. After its last title sponsor,

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, a Polish shoe retailer, pulled out due to financial difficulties resulting from the

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, Ochowicz was unable to find another major sponsor, so the team disbanded at the end of the 2020 season. In its place, Belgian

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took over the team's license and was promoted to a

Ownership

The team was owned by Swiss businessman

Andy Rihs Andy Rihs (2 November 1942 in Stuttgart – 18 April 2018 in Zürich) was a Swiss businessperson primarily in Medtech and Sports. Biography Andy Rihs' father Ernst had acquired the Zurich-based ''AG für Elektroakustik'' (founded: 1947) in 1965. On ...

until his death. After his death the team passed to

and Gavin Chilcott.

History

The team was founded as BMC Racing Team in 2007, sponsored by the bicycle manufacturer

BMC Switzerland BMC Switzerland AG (abbreviation of "Bicycle Manufacturing Company") is a Swiss bicycle and cycling product manufacturer based in Grenchen. BMC designs, builds and distributes road bikes, mountain bikes, and commuter bikes primarily for sale ...

. The team signed a number of major international riders for the 2010 season, including 2009 World Champion, two-time

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runner-up and 2011 winner

Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along with ...

, 2009 U.S. Road Race Champion

George Hincapie George Anthony Hincapie (born June 29, 1973) is an American former racing cycle sport, cyclist, who competed professionally between 1994 and 2012. Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contad ...

, 2008 World Champion

Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan (born 6 November 1979) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI World Tour team . He is best known for winning the 2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Rac ...

and Spring Classics specialists

Karsten Kroon Karsten Kroon (born 29 January 1976) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for , a UCI ProTeam. He retired at the end of the 2014 season. Career Born in Dalen, Kroon showed his talent as an amateur by winning ...

and

Marcus Burghardt Marcus Burghardt (born 30 June 1983) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the , and teams. During his career, Burghardt took seven professional victories, including the 2007 Gent� ...

. In 2010, the team participated in their first

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, having been invited to compete in the

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and the

2010 Giro d'Italia The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The race started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country. The ...

. In 2011, the team attained

status, the most prestigious classification available, and BMC rider

won the

2011 Tour de France The 2011 Tour de France was the 98th edition of Tour de France, the race. It started on 2 July at the Passage du Gois and ended on the Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France, Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July. The cyclists competed in 2 ...

. For 2012 the team signed

Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian National Road Race Championships, Norwegian national road race champion ( ...

and

Philippe Gilbert Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two rid ...

, 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

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, 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". In September 2013 Jim Ochowicz announced the appointment of Valerio Piva as Lelangue's replacement. For the 2015 season, BMC signed Alessandro De Marchi,

Damiano Caruso Damiano Caruso (born 12 October 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . A stage winner at both the 2021 Giro d'Italia and the 2021 Vuelta a España, Caruso was also the 2008 under-23 Italian national ...

and

Jempy Drucker Jean-Pierre "Jempy" Drucker (born 3 September 1986) is a retired Luxembourgish professional racing cyclist. Career Fidea (2004–2008) Born in Sandweiler, Drucker signed with in 2004, a team specializing in cyclo-cross, at age 18. He rode with ...

. The team also announced they had signed

Rohan Dennis Rohan Craig Dennis (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road disciplines of the sport for five different teams. Having been a member of the Australi ...

– his transfer however was effective immediately. Van 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 Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. His successes include wins at 8 UCI World Tour, World Tour stage races: Pa ...

. 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. In September 2020 CCC Team agreed to sell their WorldTour licence to Belgian ProTeam Circus-Wanty Gobert.

Doping

In April 2010, Thomas Frei tested positive for

erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production ( erythropoiesis) in th ...

(EPO), Frei was immediately withdrawn from racing by the team. Frei was later sacked by the team. In August 2017, the UCI confirmed that

Samuel Sánchez Samuel "Samu" Sánchez González (born 5 February 1978) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally in the sport between 2000 and 2017 for the and squads. He was the gold medal winner in the Cycling at the 2008 ...

had returned a positive out of competition drug test for GHRP-2 (

Pralmorelin Pralmorelin (INN) (brand name GHRP Kaken 100; former developmental code names KP-102, GPA-748, WAY-GPA-748), also known as pralmorelin hydrochloride ( JAN) and pralmorelin dihydrochloride (USAN), as well as, notably, growth hormone-releasing pept ...

). He was immediately suspended by the team pending analysis of his B-sample. In February 2019, ''

Kronen Zeitung The ''Kronen Zeitung'' (), commonly known as the ''Krone'', is Austria's largest newspaper. It is known for being Eurosceptic. History The first issue of the ''Kronen Zeitung'' appeared on 2 January 1900. Gustav Davis, a former army officer, ...

'' broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the

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. Later,

Stefan Denifl Stefan Denifl (born 22 September 1987) is an Austrian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018 for seven different professional teams. In 2019, Denifl confessed to doping during a five-year period in his career, ...

confessed to blood doping in a police interview. Denifl had been due to join CCC Team in 2019 but his contract was terminated at Denifl's request in December 2018. 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.

Final team roster

Major wins

National and world champions

;2011 :

Norway Road Race,

Alexander Kristoff Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken alm ...

Switzerland Time Trial, Martin Kohler ;2012 : MaillotSuiza

Switzerland Road Race, Martin Kohler : Jersey rainbow

World Road Race,

;2013 : Italian Road Race,

Ivan Santaromita Ivan Santaromita (born 30 April 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. His brother Mauro-Antonio and nephew Alessandro are also professional cyclist ...

: Italian Time Trial,

Marco Pinotti Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champio ...

Switzerland Road Race,

Michael Schär Michael Schär (born 29 September 1986) is a Switzerland, Swiss former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam . Born in Geuen ...

Norway Road Race,

;2014 :

USA Time Trial,

Taylor Phinney Taylor Carpenter-Phinney (born June 27, 1990) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2019 for the , and teams. Phinney specialized in time trials on the road as well as the individual ...

Slovakia Time Trial,

Peter Velits Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Champion ...

;2015 :

World Track (Individual pursuit),

Stefan Küng Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is also a citizen of Liechtenstein. Career Küng won the individual pursuit at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after beating Jac ...

Switzerland Time Trial,

Silvan Dillier Silvan Dillier (born 3 August 1990) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Amateur career Dillier was born in Baden, Switzerland. In 2008, he was the Swiss national junior time trial champion, Under-23 road champion i ...

Switzerland Road Race,

Danilo Wyss Danilo Wyss (born 26 August 1985) is a Switzerland, Swiss former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020 for the and . He is no relation to fellow Swiss cyclist Daniel Wyss who won the Race Across America in 2006 and ...

Switzerland Track (Individual pursuit),

Switzerland Track (Points race),

;2016 :

Australian Time Trial,

USA Time Trial,

: Italian Time Trial,

Manuel Quinziato Manuel Quinziato (born 30 October 1979) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017 for the , , and squads. During his career, Quinziato took five victories, including stage victories at the Eneco Tou ...

: Belgium Road Race Championships,

;2017 :

Australian Time Trial,

Australian Road Race,

Miles Scotson Miles Scotson (born 18 January 1994) is an Australian Track cycling, track and Road bicycle racing, road cycling racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Scotson was a student at Trinity College Gawler, completing his studies in 2011. Scot ...

Luxembourg Time Trial,

Switzerland Time Trial,

USA Time Trial,

Joey Rosskopf Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2024. Career A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España and th ...

Switzerland Road Race,

;2018 :

Australian Time Trial,

USA Time Trial,

Switzerland Time Trial,

World Time Trial,

;2019 :

New Zealand Time Trial,

Patrick Bevin Patrick Bevin (born 15 February 1991) is a New Zealand former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode the 2024 season for UCI WorldTeam . Personal life Bevin grew up in Taupō. He moved to Cambridge in 2014 when the Avantidrome opened ...

Poland Road Race, Michal Paluta ;2020 : Czech Republic Time Trial,

Josef Černý Josef Černý (born 18 October 1939 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Bohemia and Moravia) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won a three medals at four Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Ga ...

Poland Time Trial,

Kamil Gradek Kamil Gradek (born 17 September 1990) is a Polish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;20 ...

References

External links

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Ownership

History

Doping

Final team roster

Major wins

National and world champions

Sponsors

References

External links