Bissell (cycling team)

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Bissell Pro Cycling Team, or simply Bissell, (UCI team code: BPC)[1] was an elite men's cycling team registered in the United States as a UCI Continental. The team competed on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar and the UCI America Tour.

Bissell
Bissell at the 2013 Tour of Utah
Team information
UCI codeBPC
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2005 (2005)
Disbanded2013
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerMark Olson
Team manager(s)Glen Mitchell
Team name history
2005
2006
2007
2008–2013
Advantage Benefits-Endeavour
Priority Health
Priority Health-Bissell
Bissell
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Jersey

The team folded at the end of the 2013 season, after Bissell withdrew sponsorship for the team, and sponsored Axel Merckx's Bissell Development Team instead.[2]

Major wins

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2005
Stage 2, Tour of Southland, Karl Menzies
Stage 5, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Richard England
2006
  United States National Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Brent Bookwalter
1st   New Zealand National Road Race Championships, Hayden Roulston
Overall,   New Zealand Cycle Classic, Hayden Roulston
Stages 3, 5, 6 & 7, Hayden Roulston
Overall,   Tour de Vineyards, Hayden Roulston
Stages 1, 2 & 3, Hayden Roulston
Overall,   Nature Valley Grand Prix, Karl Menzies
Stage 1, Nathan O'Neill
Stage 2, Greg Henderson
Stage 4, Karl Menzies
Overall,   Tour of Southland, Hayden Roulston
Stage 1, Hayden Roulston
Stage 3, Greg Henderson
Overall,   Tour of Utah, Scott Moninger
Stage 4, Scott Moninger
Mount Evans Hill Climb, Scott Moninger
Nevada City Classic, Scott Moninger
Philadelphia International Championship, Greg Henderson
Stage 1, Tour de Toona, Karl Menzies
Stage 2, Herald Sun Tour, Karl Menzies
Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Scott Moninger
Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Gord Fraser
Stage 4, Cascade Classic, Nathan O'Neill
2007
Tour de Leelanau, Garrett Peltonen
Chrono Champenois, Cameron Wurf
Stage 1 & 9, Tour of Southland, Tom Zirbel
Stage 2, Cascade Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes
Stage 7, Tour of Southland, Scott Zwizanski
2008
Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel
Stage 3, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Ben Jacques-Maynes
Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Tom Zirbel
Stage 5, Tour of the Gila, Burke Swindlehurst
Stage 5, Tour de Georgia, Richard England
Stage 5, Tour of Utah, Tom Zirbel
2009
  New Zealand National Time Trial Championships, Jeremy Vennell
  Points classification, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin
Stages 4 & 7, Patrick Bevin
  Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
  Team classification, Tour of the Gila
Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes
Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel
Stage 3, Cascade Cycling Classic, Tom Zirbel
1st Stage 6, Tour of Wellington, Jeremy Vennell
2010
  National Criterium Championships, Daniel Holloway
  Young rider classification, Tour of Utah, Ian Boswell
  Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic
  Team classification, Tour of Elk Grove
Nevada City Classic, Ian Boswell
Stages, 1 & 2, Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin
Stages, 2 & 3, Sea Otter Classic, Paul Mach
Stage, 1, Sea Otter Classic, Jeremy Vennell
Stage 1, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell
Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Peter Latham
2011
  National Criterium Championships, Eric Young
Overall,   Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin
Stage 1, Patrick Bevin
  Mountains classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kyle Wamsley
  Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
  Team classification, Cascade Cycling Classic
Prologue, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell
Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Frank Pipp
Stage 8, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin
2012
  Points classification, Tour of the Gila, Eric Young
Stage 2, Eric Young
  Young rider classification, Cascade Cycling Classic, Carter Jones
  Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Ben Jacques-Maynes
  Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic
Univest Grand Prix, Patrick Bevin
Stages 1, 2 &3, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Patrick Bevin
Stages 1 & 2, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin
Stage 5, Tour of Southland, Carter Jones
2013
Overall,   Sea Otter Classic, Kirk Carlsen
Stage 3, Kirk Carlsen
  Mountains classification, Tour of California, Carter Jones
  Mountains classification, Tour de Beauce, Pat McCarty
  Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Michael Torckler
Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Phil Gaimon

Team roster

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As of January 17, 2013.[3]

Rider Date of birth
  Christopher Baldwin (USA) (1975-10-15)15 October 1975 (aged 37)
  Patrick Bevin (NZL) (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 21)
  Mac Brennan (USA) (1990-07-15)15 July 1990 (aged 22)
  Nicolai Brøchner (DEN) (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 19)
  Andrew Dahlheim (USA) (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 (aged 24)
  Phillip Gaimon (USA) (1986-01-28)28 January 1986 (aged 26)
  Carter Jones (USA) (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 23)
Rider Date of birth
  Julian Kyer (USA) (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24)
  Jason McCartney (USA) (1973-09-03)3 September 1973 (aged 39)
  Pat McCarty (USA) (1982-01-24)24 January 1982 (aged 30)
  Tommy Nankervis (AUS) (1983-01-21)21 January 1983 (aged 29)
  Frank Pipp (USA) (1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 35)
  Michael Torckler (NZL) (1987-04-12)12 April 1987 (aged 25)
  Jeremy Vennell (NZL) (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 32)

References

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  1. ^ "List of 2013 UCI Continental Teams". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Malach, Pat (September 18, 2013). "Bissell signs as title sponsor for Axel Merckx's new U23 team". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved November 1, 2013. After nine years on the US domestic circuit, Bissell Pro Cycling will not continue past this season and will instead sign on as the title sponsor with Axel Merckx's new U23 development team.
  3. ^ "2013 UCI Continental Teams; Bissell Pro Cycling (BPC) – USA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
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