Bissell (cycling team)

Bissell

Bissell at the 2013 Tour of Utah
Team information
UCI code	BPC
Registered	United States
Founded	2005
Disbanded	2013
Discipline	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
Jersey

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.

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 results

2005

1st, Stage 2, Tour of Southland, Karl Menzies

1st, Stage 5, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Richard England

2006

1st, United States National Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Brent Bookwalter

1st New Zealand National Road Race Championships, Hayden Roulston

1st, Overall, New Zealand Cycle Classic, Hayden Roulston

1st, Stages 3, 5, 6 & 7, Hayden Roulston

1st, Overall, Tour de Vineyards, Hayden Roulston

1st, Stages 1, 2 & 3, Hayden Roulston

1st, Overall, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Karl Menzies

1st, Stage 1, Nathan O'Neill

1st, Stage 2, Greg Henderson

1st, Stage 4, Karl Menzies

1st, Overall, Tour of Southland, Hayden Roulston

1st, Stage 1, Hayden Roulston

1st, Stage 3, Greg Henderson

1st, Overall, Tour of Utah, Scott Moninger

1st, Stage 4, Scott Moninger

1st, Mount Evans Hill Climb, Scott Moninger

1st, Nevada City Classic, Scott Moninger

1st, Philadelphia International Championship, Greg Henderson

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Toona, Karl Menzies

1st, Stage 2, Herald Sun Tour, Karl Menzies

1st, Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Scott Moninger

1st, Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Gord Fraser

1st, Stage 4, Cascade Classic, Nathan O'Neill

2007

1st, Tour de Leelanau, Garrett Peltonen

1st, Chrono Champenois, Cameron Wurf

1st, Stage 1 & 9, Tour of Southland, Tom Zirbel

1st, Stage 2, Cascade Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes

1st, Stage 7, Tour of Southland, Scott Zwizanski

2008

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel

1st, Stage 3, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Ben Jacques-Maynes

1st, Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Tom Zirbel

1st, Stage 5, Tour of the Gila, Burke Swindlehurst

1st, Stage 5, Tour de Georgia, Richard England

1st, Stage 5, Tour of Utah, Tom Zirbel

2009

1st, New Zealand National Time Trial Championships, Jeremy Vennell

1st, Points classification, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stages 4 & 7, Patrick Bevin

1st, Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix

1st, Team classification, Tour of the Gila

1st, Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel

1st, Stage 3, Cascade Cycling Classic, Tom Zirbel

1st Stage 6, Tour of Wellington, Jeremy Vennell

2010

1st, National Criterium Championships, Daniel Holloway

1st, Young rider classification, Tour of Utah, Ian Boswell

1st, Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic

1st, Team classification, Tour of Elk Grove

1st, Nevada City Classic, Ian Boswell

1st, Stages, 1 & 2, Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stages, 2 & 3, Sea Otter Classic, Paul Mach

1st, Stage, 1, Sea Otter Classic, Jeremy Vennell

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Peter Latham

2011

1st, National Criterium Championships, Eric Young

1st, Overall, Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stage 1, Patrick Bevin

1st, Mountains classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kyle Wamsley

1st, Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix

1st, Team classification, Cascade Cycling Classic

1st, Prologue, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell

1st, Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Frank Pipp

1st, Stage 8, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin

2012

1st, Points classification, Tour of the Gila, Eric Young

1st, Stage 2, Eric Young

1st, Young rider classification, Cascade Cycling Classic, Carter Jones

1st, Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Ben Jacques-Maynes

1st, Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic

1st, Univest Grand Prix, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stages 1, 2 &3, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stages 1 & 2, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin

1st, Stage 5, Tour of Southland, Carter Jones

2013

1st, Overall, Sea Otter Classic, Kirk Carlsen

1st, Stage 3, Kirk Carlsen

1st, Mountains classification, Tour of California, Carter Jones

1st, Mountains classification, Tour de Beauce, Pat McCarty

1st, Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Michael Torckler

1st, Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Phil Gaimon

Team roster

As of January 17, 2013.^[3]

Rider Date of birth  Christopher Baldwin (USA) October 15, 1975  Patrick Bevin (NZL) May 2, 1991  Mac Brennan (USA) July 15, 1990  Nicolai Brøchner (DEN) July 4, 1993  Andrew Dahlheim (USA) June 9, 1988  Phillip Gaimon (USA) January 28, 1986  Carter Jones (USA) February 27, 1989

Rider Date of birth  Julian Kyer (USA) May 15, 1988  Jason McCartney (USA) September 3, 1973  Pat McCarty (USA) January 24, 1982  Tommy Nankervis (AUS) January 21, 1983  Frank Pipp (USA) May 22, 1977  Michael Torckler (NZL) April 12, 1987  Jeremy Vennell (NZL) October 6, 1980

References

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. Retrieved January 17, 2013.

External links

• Official website