Nicolas Roche has found a happy medium and won’t have to reinvent himself at new team BMC Racing this season. The Irish national road champion has forged a career as a dynamic rider, with BMC his sixth professional team since turning professional in 2004.
“I’ve been through every single phase, from leading out sprints with Thor Hushovd, to riding in the mountains on my own account, to helping out some of the best riders in the world, to doing a bit of both,” Roche told Cyclingnews. “It’s quite nice to be able to have different phases through my career, to have different roles and I’m always excited every year anyway.”
Save for the jersey, Roche noted little difference between BMC and its rival Team Sky. He arrives at BMC after a two-year-stint with the Grand Tour-winning powerhouse.
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“Every team has its own little habits more than anything else. At the end of the day, it’s a bunch of guys riding a bicycle and at this stage, it’s going from one of the best teams to another one of the best teams, so the differences are very minor,” he said.
The two outfits are due to clash at the Tour de France this year, with Roche set to support challenger Richie Porte in what will be the Australian’s second title bid and his first as sole leasing, having shared responsibility with Tejay van Garderen in 2016.
“I’ve known Tejay now a good few years but Richie even more. We train together quite a lot in Monaco, we were together already at Sky and I’m quite looking forward to being with him,” Roche said.
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