The BMC Racing Team continues to shore up its 2018 roster, announcing that Damiano Caruso, Jempy Drucker, Joey Rosskopf, and Fran Ventoso have all signed contract extensions.
Earlier this year there had been doubts over the future of the team, with the overwhelming majority of riders out of contract at the end of 2017, but Richie Porte re-signing ahead of the Tour de France was a clear indication that the foundations had been laid for 2018 and perhaps beyond.
The team then signed Jurgen Roelandts and Alberto Bettiol, and brought up Nathan van Hooydonck from the development team, as well as extending with Michael Schär, Brent Bookwalter, Alessandro De Marchi, and Danilo Wyss. Greg Van Avermaet already had a contract for 2018, as did neo-pros Miles Scotson and Kilian Frankiny, so there are now 15 riders officially on the books for next season.
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The team is expected to confirm further extensions in the coming weeks, while the departure of Manuel Quinziato, Daniel Oss, Amaël Moinard, Manuel Senni, Silvan Dillier, and Ben Hermans means the team has room to make a couple more signings, as DS Valerio Piva told Het Nieuwsblad earlier this week.
Caruso, 29, who is currently riding the Vuelta a España, puts pen to paper towards the end of a strong season that has seen him finish second at the Tour de Suisse and 11th at the Tour de France.
“It was an easy decision to re-sign with BMC Racing Team. [Team manager] Jim Ochowicz likes how I work and I like the team and how it works, so there was no reason to even think about changing teams,” said Caruso, who joined in 2015.
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