Bissell (cycling team)

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 code	BPC
Registered	United States
Founded	2005 (2005)
Disbanded	2013
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Website
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

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

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

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

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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