Rumours abound that Richie Porte is expected to join BMC.
The 30 year old Tasmanian is out of contract with Team Sky at the end of the year and said to Australian Associated Press: “I’m very confident, I have a few really good offers in great teams.
“You don’t take it lightly, leaving a team like Sky. In a lot of ways, it’s the best team for Grand Tour racing, but I need to think about my future.
“In any other team, bar three or four, I would actually be the Tour leader. But that’s certainly something I’m really looking at now.”
Porte is understood to be wanting to lead a team and BMC have not denied their interest with their General Manager Jim Ochowicz telling the Sydney Morning Herald. "We have always had an interest in Richie.
“He is certainly one of many, many riders up in the market place that are available. He has been shopping around. We have been shopping around. Have our paths crossed [with his management]? Yes … but that’s all I can say.”
Teams cannot announce any transfer of riders until August 1st and their contracts start on January 1st.