Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 142

THE TEAMS CCC TEAM POLAND MANAGER Jim Ochowicz TEAM FOUNDED 2007 (BMC Racing Team) UNDER CURRENT NAME SINCE 2019 Greg Van Avermaet B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S The Van Avermaet card This is the most enigmatic WorldTour team. The successor to BMC, which was also managed by Jim Ochowicz, it now bears the Polish fl ag. The team’s major asset is Greg Van Avermaet. In 2016, the Belgian took the yellow jersey in the medium mountains of the Cantal. He’ll fi nd there are plenty of stages of that type this year. In his search for a stage victory – and perhaps even the yellow jersey that he wore again last year – he will be relying on some strong teammates: Michael Schär, Laurens Ten Dam and Serge Pauwels. This group should oft en liven up the action. GEAR Frame Giant TCR/Propel Groupset Shimano Dura-Ace Wheels Giant THE RIDERS CCC TEAM 2019 Category VAN AVERMAET Greg ANTUNES Amiro BARTA Will BERNAS Pawel BEVIN Patrick CERNY Josef DE LA PARTE Victor DE MARCHI Alessandro GESCHKE Simon GRADEK Kamil KOCH Jonas MARECZKO Jakub OWSIAN Lukasz PAUWELS Serge ROSSKOPF Joey SAJNOK Szymon SCHÄR Michael TEN DAM Laurens VAN HOECKE Gijs VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume VENTOSO Francisco WISNIOWSKI Lukasz ZOIDL Riccardo Leader Puncheur Puncheur Rouleur All-rounder Rouleur All-rounder Climber All-rounder Rouleur Rouleur Sprinter Puncheur Puncheur All-rounder Sprinter Rouleur Climber Sprinter Rouleur Rouleur Sprinter All-rounder Climber 142 | TO U R D E F RA N C E 2019 Date of birth 17/05/85 27/11/90 04/01/96 24/05/90 02/05/91 11/05/93 22/06/86 19/05/86 13/03/86 17/09/90 25/06/93 30/04/94 24/02/90 21/11/83 05/09/89 24/08/97 29/09/86 13/11/80 12/11/91 12/10/95 14/02/91 06/05/82 07/12/91 08/04/88 Nationality Height Weight BEL POR USA POL NZL CZE ESP ITA GER POL GER POL POL BEL USA POL SUI NED BEL BEL BEL ESP POL AUT 1,81 m 1,73 m 1,76 m 1,90 m 1,80m 1,86 m 1,81 m 1,81m 1,70 m 1,94 m 1,87 m 1,69 m 1,81 m 1,78 m 1,86 m 1,84 m 1,96 m 1,84 m 1,86 m 1,92 m 1,92 m 1,80 m 1,90 m 1,77 m 74 kg 58 kg 66 kg 77 kg 75kg 75 kg 66 kg 60kg 66 kg 80 kg 75 kg 68 kg 66 kg 65 kg 76 kg 75 kg 75 kg 67 kg 75 kg 75 kg 85 kg 69 kg 79 kg 65 kg Pro since 2006 2011 2019 2013 2010 2012 2011 2011 2009 2013 2017 2015 2012 2004 2011 2018 2006 2004 2012 2015 2011 2004 2013 2012 Tour stage wins 2 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2018 Tour result 28th - - - ab. 14th - - - 25th - - - - n.p. 16th - - 90th 51st - - 123rd - - - Number Best Tour of Tours result 6 28th - - - - - - 2 114th - - - - 3 52nd 6 25th - - - - - - - - 5 13th - - - - 8 43rd 10 9th - - - - 2 123rd 3 78th - - - - 2018 team BMC Racing CCC Sprandi Polkowice Hagens Berman-Axeon CCC Sprandi Polkowice BMC Racing Elkov-Author Movistar BMC Racing Team Sunweb CCC Sprandi Polkowice CCC Sprandi Polkowice Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia CCC Sprandi Polkowice Dimension Data BMC Racing CCC Sprandi Polkowice BMC Racing Team Sunweb Lotto NL-Jumbo BMC Racing Wanty-Groupe Gobert BMC Racing Team Sky Felbermayr Simplon Wels Name