CCC step in to save BMC Racing, Ochowicz announces at the Tour de France

Jim Ochowicz has announced that CCC has stepped in save his team for the 2019 season. BMC Racing are set to disband and leave the sport at the end of the season and several high-profile riders including Richie Porte and Rohan Dennis are set to leave the team. Grev Van Avermaet has signed for the squad, which at the moment has no official team name for next season.

"We'll build a team around Greg. We're going to look different, we're going to feel different and we're going to have some players on the roster," Ochowicz said.

Ochowicz also confirmed that the team would not have a Grand Tour GC leader for next season. Although the team name will change, Ochowicz has retained the squad's WorldTour licence for the future.

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"We can build a good team around me. I'm getting older but I still have a lot of ambition. I'm really happy. Let's bring the next races on," Van Avermaet said.

Ochowicz added that this was not a fusion of BMC Racing and the current CCC team, however, he stressed that staff and several of the roster on the Pro Continental team, CCC Sprandi Polkowice, would move to the new team.  Ochowicz also confirmed that the team did not have a bike sponsor for 2019.

BMC Racing is operated by Continuum Sports, and with the folding of the team at the end of the season, the company announced that Polish shoe and bag company CCC will become title sponsor in 2019 during the first rest day at the Tour de France. CCC owner and president Dariusz Milek, joined Ochowicz in the press conference and noted that he is looking forward to seeing his brand become part of the WorldTour.

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