Tejay van Garderen is in a slump, according to his BMC Racing team manager Jim Ochowicz. However, the American squad will be there to ‘help in whatever way we can.'
Van Garderen came into the season with ambitions of a top-three spot on the Tour de France podium but he fell away in the mountains to finish 29th overall in Paris.
He was sent to the Vuelta a Espana but abandoned during the final week to close out a disappointing season.
"The season is over for him. He got into a slump. He is in a slump but that happens to people in sport all the time. He's got to work himself out of that slump and we're all there to help in whatever way we can," Ochowicz told Cyclingnews.
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"He's just in a slump. I'm not going to describe what that means. He's not performing. That's obvious."
Van Garderen was earmarked as a talented U23 rider and he burst onto the scene at WorldTour level in 2012 with fifth in the Tour and the white jersey. He won the Tour of California the following season and picked up his second top-five finish at the Tour de France in 2014, still aged 26. In the time since then he has won races but failed to back up on his Tour success. He abandoned the race in 2015 through illness and BMC Racing signed Richie Porte to co-lead the team this year.
BMC have invested in van Garderen's talent and Ochowicz stressed that the rider, who was once seen as the natural successor to Cadel at BMC, still had their faith and support.
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