Defending Tour Down Under champion Richie Porte, 2015 victor Rohan Dennis and four-time winner Simon Gerrans will all line out for BMC at the January WorldTour race in Adelaide.
The trio have collectively won the last the last four editions with the team planning on claiming a third title to kick-start its 2018 season.
"The Santos Tour Down Under is one of our key races of the season and we're excited to go there with the formidable team that we have," general manger Jim Ochowicz said. "I don't think we have ever started with such an impressive line up and with Richie Porte as our captain, and former champions Rohan Dennis and Simon Gerrans at his side, both of whom are obviously capable of winning the race themselves, we are in for a great start to the season."
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Porte was a commanding winner in 2017 with stage wins at Paracombe and a fourth straight Willunga Hill win. The Tour Down Under will be the 32-year-old's first stage race since crashing out of the Tour de France in July.
"I'm excited to go back to the Santos Tour Down Under in 2018 and try to defend the ochre jersey. After mostly missing the last part of the 2017 season, it will be good to get 2018 underway, especially at the Santos Tour Down Under which is one of my favorite races of the calendar," said Porte, who is again targeting the Tour de France as his season objective.
For Gerrans, the Tour Down Under will be his first stage race with BMC with the veteran to make his debut for the team a week prior to the national championships.
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