Cycling: The XC scene kicked off the new season last weekend with the BMC Racing Cup. While some of the top riders were already getting into racing mode in Cyprus, world champion Julien Absalon was also at the start this time and promptly claimed his first victory in the rainbow jersey. The BMC Racing Cup enjoys great prestige among the European XC elite, and so... read more
Cycling: Reigning world champion Julien Absalon, Lukas Flückiger, former marathon and XCE world champion Ralph Näf, and the two young Swiss riders Martin Fanger and Reto Indergand make up this year's BMC MTB Racing Team. The Swiss bike manufacturer BMC is an integral part of racing, both on and off the road. With numerous titles... read more
Cycling: Julien Absalon is off to a bad start in the offseason. The 2014 XC World Cup overall winner broke his collarbone during a regional cyclocross race and is currently out of action. Julien Absalon posted photos from the hospital on his Facebook fan page yesterday. The fast Frenchman suffered a serious crash during a cyclocross race and... read more
Cycling: Newly crowned world champion Julien Absalon and his teammate Lukas Flückiger, seventh in this year's World Championships, have extended their partnership with the BMC Racing Team for another two years. It's hard to let a world champion and overall World Cup winner go. That's exactly what the Swiss bike manufacturer BMC must have thought when they signed the contract with their frontman... read more
Cycling: Julien Absalon won the World Championship title yesterday in Hafjell, Norway, in outstanding style. What made it special was that he won on a full-suspension bike. "At the beginning of the year, I told BMC that they didn't need to build me a full-suspension bike because I wouldn't use it anyway," Absalon said. But the Frenchman added: "After Nove Meston and Windham, I thought... read more
