Cycling
Evans switches to BMC Racing Team
Monday, 2 November 2009 13:31Australian world champion Cadel Evans has agreed to ride for the American BMC Racing Team, two days after ending his five-year association with Belgian team Silence Lotto.
'The BMC Racing Team announced the signing of current world road race champion Cadel Evans to a three-year contract,' BMC said in a statement on Monday.
'This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both the current world champion as well as the BMC Racing Team.'
The 32-year-old Evans won the world road race title in Switzerland at the end of September and has twice finished second in the Tour de France.
