In 2017, Miles Scotson becomes the newest addition to the growing list of Australian riders in the WorldTour with BMC Racing having signed a two-year deal with the "ultimate team". The 22-year-old was a stagiaire with Wanty-Groupe Gobert from August 1 this year and was thinking he would be spending the 2017 season with the Belgian Pro-Continental team.
However, a bronze medal in the U23 Worlds time trial helped seal his deal to BMC where he joins fellow Australians Rohan Dennis and Richie Porte, and performance manager Allan Peiper.
"The team time trial is definitely an event I have always been quite strong in and technically pretty good in as well from the track. They take that super seriously as well. That was a reason for me to go there and for them, maybe a reason they wanted to sign me," Scotson told Cyclingnews of the move to the 'ultimate team' for his characteristics and aims. "Hopefully, I can keep performing in the team time trial and it would be nice, if it is next year or the year after, to make the team at the world championships."
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Scotson has balanced a road and track programme over the last few seasons and was aiming to make his Olympic Games debut in the team pursuit in 2016. It was in Rio that a conversation with Peiper helped Scotson first get more racing in his legs, then secure his contract.
"Allan had been following my progression for the last 18-months or so and he saw this year that I missed a large chunk of the road season concentrating on track and I didn't quite make the team there," said Scotson who also rode for Team Illuminate this season. "I think it was more trying to help me out at first and he helped get me over to Europe and get me racing on the road, which I ended up doing with Wanty Groupe Gobert. We had a good chat while I was in Rio that I needed to get over to Europe, get racing and originally I was going to put all my energy into racing the world championships but racing with Wanty was another pathway if I performed well there.
"I did enough to interest BMC and they were good with a bit of support from them leading into Worlds and then I got two solid time trial results. It was tough like it is getting into all teams but I did enough for them to offer me a two-year deal."
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