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 at the 2013 Tour of Utah | ||
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | BPC | |
| Registered | United States | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Disbanded | 2013 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Continental | |
| Website | Team home page | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Mark Olson | |
| Team manager(s) | Glen Mitchell | |
| Team name history | ||
2005 2006 2007 2008–2013 | Advantage Benefits-Endeavour Priority Health Priority Health-Bissell Bissell | |
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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
edit- 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
editAs of January 17, 2013.[3]
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References
edit- ^ "List of 2013 UCI Continental Teams". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.