CCC Pro Team

The team was owned by Swiss businessman Andy Rihs until his death.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bmc-racing-owner-andy-rihs-dies-aged-75/|title=BMC Racing owner Andy Rihs dies aged 75|date=19 April 2018|website=Cycling News}} After his death the team passed to Jim Ochowicz and Gavin Chilcott.

The team was founded as BMC Racing Team in 2007,{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Gregor |date=2018-04-19 |title=BMC Racing team owner Andy Rihs dies aged 75 |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/bmc-racing-team-owner-andy-rihs-dies-aged-75-376853 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Cycling Weekly}} 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.

File:Cadel Evens (cropped).JPG in his BMC jersey in 2011, the year he won the Tour de France.]]

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".{{cite web|url=http://road.cc/content/news/88901-directeur-sportif-john-lelangue-leaves-bmc-racing|title=Directeur sportif John Lelangue leaves BMC Racing|date=22 July 2013}} In September 2013 Jim Ochowicz announced the appointment of Valerio Piva as Lelangue's replacement.{{cite web |url=http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/athletes/bmc-racing-team/news/team/bmc-racing-team-hires-piva-as-sport-director/ |title=BMC Racing Team Hires Piva As Sports Director |date=September 2, 2013 |website=BMC Racing Team |access-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224004727/http://www.bmc-racing.com/int-en/athletes/bmc-racing-team/news/team/bmc-racing-team-hires-piva-as-sport-director/ |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

For the 2015 season, BMC signed Alessandro De Marchi, Damiano Caruso and Jempy Drucker.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-weeklys-2014-2015-transfer-index-132202|title=Professional cycling 2014-2015 Transfer Index|work=Cycling Weekly|date=7 August 2014}} The team also announced they had signed Rohan Dennis – his transfer however was effective immediately.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/rohan-dennis-switches-garmin-bmc-mid-season-132155|title=Rohan Dennis switches from Garmin to BMC mid-season|work=Cycling Weekly|date=4 August 2014}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/13/richie-porte-confirms-he-will-leave-team-sky |title=Richie Porte confirms he will leave Team Sky at end of cycling season |date=13 July 2015 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=13 July 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-confirmed-with-bmc-for-2016/|title=Porte confirmed with BMC for 2016|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=August 2015}} 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.

File:VAL 4119 (49521548357).jpg in CCC jersey during the 2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/ccc-team-sells-worldtour-licence-to-circus-wanty-gobert-470908|title=CCC Team sells WorldTour licence to Circus-Wanty Gobert|work=Cycling Weekly|date=29 September 2020}}

In April 2010, Thomas Frei tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), Frei was immediately withdrawn from racing by the team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/frei-explains-the-motivation-behind-his-doping/|title=Frei explains the motivation behind his doping|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=2 May 2010}} Frei was later sacked by the team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/frei-confesses-to-epo-usage-and-is-released-by-bmc/|title=Frei confesses to EPO usage and is released by BMC|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=27 April 2010}}

In August 2017, the UCI confirmed that Samuel Sánchez had returned a positive out of competition drug test for GHRP-2 (Pralmorelin).{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/samuel-sanchez-tests-positive-in-out-of-competition-control/|title=Samuel Sánchez tests positive in out-of-competition control|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=17 August 2017}} He was immediately suspended by the team pending analysis of his B-sample.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/samuel-sanchez-test-result-was-a-total-surprise/|title=Samuel Sánchez: Test result was a total surprise|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=17 August 2017}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/denifl-confesses-to-blood-doping-in-police-interview/#disqus_thread|title=Denifl confesses to blood doping in police interview|work=Cycling News|date=3 March 2019}} Denifl had been due to join CCC Team in 2019 but his contract was terminated at Denifl's request in December 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://cccteam.eu/news/ccc-team-and-stefan-denifl-dissolve-contract/ |title=CCC Team and Stefan Denifl dissolve contract |access-date=2019-03-29 |archive-date=2019-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123321/https://cccteam.eu/news/ccc-team-and-stefan-denifl-dissolve-contract/ |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ochowicz-no-red-flags-in-denifls-biological-passport/|title=Ochowicz: No red flags in Denifl's biological passport|date=3 March 2019}}

{{Updated|August 19, 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valter-completes-ccc-teams-2020-roster/|title=Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fausto-masnada-makes-mid-season-switch-to-deceuninck-quickstep/|title=Masnada makes mid-season switch to Deceuninck-QuickStep|first=Daniel|last=Benson|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=August 19, 2020|access-date=August 19, 2020}}}}

{{Cycling squad start}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Will Barta|nat=USA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1996|1|4}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Patrick Bevin|nat=NZL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1991|2|15}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Josef Černý|nat=CZE|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1993|5|11}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Víctor de la Parte|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1986|6|22}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Alessandro De Marchi|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1986|5|19}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Simon Geschke|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1986|3|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Kamil Gradek|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1990|9|17}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jan Hirt|nat=CZE|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1991|1|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jonas Koch|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1993|6|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Pavel Kochetkov|nat=RUS|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1986|3|7}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Kamil Małecki|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1996|1|2}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jakub Mareczko|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1994|4|30}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Michał Paluta|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1995|10|4}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Serge Pauwels|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1983|11|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad mid}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Joey Rosskopf|nat=USA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1989|9|5}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Szymon Sajnok|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1997|8|24}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Michael Schär|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1986|9|29}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matteo Trentin|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1989|8|2}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Attila Valter|nat=HUN|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1998|6|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Greg Van Avermaet|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1985|5|17}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Gijs Van Hoecke|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1991|11|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Nathan Van Hooydonck|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1995|10|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Guillaume Van Keirsbulck|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1991|2|14}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Francisco Ventoso|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1982|5|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Łukasz Wiśniowski|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1991|12|7}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Ilnur Zakarin|nat=RUS|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1989|9|15}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Georg Zimmermann|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|mf=yes|2020|12|31|1997|10|11}}}}

{{Cycling squad end}}

{{main|List of wins by BMC Racing Team and its successors}}

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;2011

:20px Norway Road Race, Alexander Kristoff

:20px Switzerland Time Trial, Martin Kohler

;2012

:20px Switzerland Road Race, Martin Kohler

:20px World Road Race, Philippe Gilbert

;2013

:20px Italian Road Race, Ivan Santaromita

:20px Italian Time Trial, Marco Pinotti

:20px Switzerland Road Race, Michael Schär

:20px Norway Road Race, Thor Hushovd

;2014

:20px USA Time Trial, Taylor Phinney

:20px Slovakia Time Trial, Peter Velits

;2015

:20px World Track (Individual pursuit), Stefan Küng

:20px Switzerland Time Trial, Silvan Dillier

:20px Switzerland Road Race, Danilo Wyss

:20px Switzerland Track (Individual pursuit), Stefan Küng

:20px Switzerland Track (Points race), Stefan Küng

;2016

:20px Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis

:20px USA Time Trial, Taylor Phinney

:20px Italian Time Trial, Manuel Quinziato

:20px Belgium Road Race Championships, Philippe Gilbert

;2017

:20px Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis

:20px Australian Road Race, Miles Scotson

:20px Luxembourg Time Trial, Jempy Drucker

:20px Switzerland Time Trial, Stefan Küng

:20px USA Time Trial, Joey Rosskopf

:20px Switzerland Road Race, Silvan Dillier

;2018

:20px Australian Time Trial, Rohan Dennis

:20px USA Time Trial, Joey Rosskopf

:20px Switzerland Time Trial, Stefan Küng

:20px World Time Trial, Rohan Dennis

;2019

:20px New Zealand Time Trial, Patrick Bevin

:20px Poland Road Race, Michal Paluta

;2020

:20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Josef Černý

:20px Poland Time Trial, Kamil Gradek

{{div col end}}

In 2019, besides CCC, notable sponsors include Giant, and Etxeondo.{{cite web

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|archive-date=2013-07-29

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