Thor Hushovd Joins BMC Racing Team

bbnaz · Thor Hushovd Joins BMC Racing Team

Thor Hushovd will join the BMC Racing Team for the 2012 season, becoming the third straight world road champion to become part of the American team's roster the past two seasons.

Complements Others Well
BMC Racing Team President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz said signing Hushovd fits perfectly into the future plans of the organization. "Thor brings a lot of qualities to us and complements other riders on the team in races like the Spring Classics and the Grand Tours," Ochowicz said. "We're very happy to have his talents, enthusiasm and expertise now working with the BMC Racing Team family for 2012 and beyond." Exact terms of Hushovd's contract are not being disclosed, Ochowicz said, other than the deal extends through the end of the 2014 season.

Joining 'Well-Organized Team'
Hushovd won two stages of the Tour de France this year and wore the leader's yellow jersey for Garmin-Cervélo for seven days. A two-time winner of the Tour's points classification (2005, 2009), the Norwegian said a finely turned organizational structure is what attracted him to the BMC Racing Team. "It's a serious team where it looks like everything is well-organized," he said. "There's a plan put together for the riders for all the big and important races. Everyone knows what to do. That's a good thing." Hushovd said one ambition remains when it comes to his classics career. "My biggest goal is still to win Paris-Roubaix. The BMC Racing Team has good riders to support me or for me to help someone else on the team win," he said.

HuwB

Towards the end of today's ENECO stage, race leader, BMC's Taylor Phinney had a puncture.
He needed to get quickly back to the front of the race.
Who brought him from front to back, had a little chat, then went on his way?
Philip Gilbert.
Just sayin'.

bbnaz

Personally I am wondering about how Thor's PR ambitions run up against Hincapie's?

Bartali

No disrespect to Hincapie, but does he still have that ambition? He's paid his dues to the cycling gods and was once a contender, but my gut feel says he's now passing on that baton to younger men.

bbnaz

Oh I don't think he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning it (and now watch miracles happen) but still, I wonder if it would gnaw on him to have to work for someone else to achieve his own prime personal goal.

Just wondering that's all.