Two days before the start of the first ProTour race of the new season, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, the teams took part in the official team presentation on Sunday in front of thousands of fans.
Standing together along with the current World Champion and current US National Road Race Champion, the BMC Racing Team felt for the first time what it means to have such a quality line-up. The “Red Devils” surrounding Cadel Evans and George Hincapie received the loudest ovation of any team present. It was consequently no surprise that the first ever Australian World Road Racing Champion was equally enthusiastic: “I am extremely proud to wear and present the rainbow jersey together with the BMC Racing Team here in Australia,” Evans proclaimed.
