They say that offense if the best form of defence and in order to ease any speculative tension surrounding the signing of Richie Porte to BMC Racing, Tejay van Garderen has stressed how the Australian’s arrival can be seen as an asset.
Porte has moved from Team Sky to BMC Racing in order to beef up the team’s chances at the Tour de France. Whether Porte and van Garderen can take on Grand Tour winners Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana, Fabio Aru and Alberto Contador remains to be seen but the dynamic between BMC’s leading pair at least gives the squad two shots at success rather than one.
“Certainly a lot of other teams will be nervous when they see a roster with both me and him on it,” van Garderen told the press at the team’s media day in Denia, Spain.
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“I just remember racing against Richie and Geraint Thomas last year in Paris-Nice and it was almost impossible to race against them because Thomas would go up the road and Richie was on my wheel. When I tried to bridge across Richie would go. Now it’s going to be more fun to be part of that, where Richie and I can play a similar game.”
See also:
- The Cyclingnews Podcast: Exclusive interview with Taylor Phinney
- Porte: BMC have given me the opportunity to challenge at the Tour de France
- Van Garderen and Porte see eye to eye on Tour de France - Cyclingnews Podcast
BMC Racing’s goals for 2016 include winning the Tour de France and finishing in the top three in the UCI team rankings. Two GC contenders can pick up more points than one, obviously, and with Porte arriving a season after Cadel Evans’ retirement, the team have two viable leaders for the stage-racing calendar.
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