Tejay Van Garderen

The American got himself into the breakaway in both Wednesday's and Thursday's stages during the final week of the race.

VeloNews catches up with the 28-year-old American about what's going on with his Giro — and his future in the peloton.

American Tejay van Garderen is no longer in the hunt for the maglia rosa. So, BMC Racing recalibrate its Giro d'Italia goals.

BMC is playing it lean and mean in bid to keep Tejay van Garderen in the running at the Giro until the final decisive week in the Dolomites.

Tejay van Garderen gets through Giro stage 1 unscathed. His team says he's in top form for his debut at the Italian grand tour.

BMC Racing has a two-pronged approach for the Giro. It relies on experienced GC rider Tejay van Garderen and TT ace Rohan Dennis.

Tejay van Garderen says he's motivated to tackle his first Giro d'Italia, a race he expects will be "bonkers" with brutal climbing stages.

American Tejay van Garderen is gearing up for his first taste of the Giro d'Italia in May.

Tejay van Garderen's BMC teammates and manager agree that the Giro will be an opportunity for the American to regain confidence.

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Tejay van Garderen is passing on the 2017 Tour in favor of the Giro after BMC brass gives Richie Porte the nod as GC leader.

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On one hand, Andrew Talansky steadily rides himself into striking distance of the Vuelta top-five. On the other, Tejay van Garderen abandons the race.

The American GC rider is helping his BMC Racing teammates and hunting for stage wins at the Spanish grand tour.

After a disappointing Tour de France in July, Tejay van Garderen returns to racing at the Vuelta, targeting stage victories

BMC Racing builds its Vuelta team around Samuel Sanchez and Tejay van Garderen but leaves Taylor Phinney home, despite expectations that he'd race.

American Tejay van Garderen will get another shot at a grand tour this season after a disappointing run at the Tour de France in July.

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BMC’s American GC contender will no longer contend at the Tour. Van Garderen was dropped halfway up stage 17’s penultimate climb

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To be honest, I felt fine. Just the pace was pretty incredible,” says Tejay van Garderen after losing nearly a minute and a half on GC in stage 15

The American's bike is decked out with Shimano components and Continental tires.

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Richie Porte should lead BMC Racing for the rest of the Tour de France, according to a handful of other teams' staffers.

Tejay van Garderen isn't too concerned about time lost in the Tour's stage 9. He expects to move up in the coming weeks.

Multiple teams came to the Tour de France with more than one GC option, but potential conflicts have fizzled out.

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The BMC Racing pair is saving its efforts for when the Tour hits the mountains.

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Despite coming up short in the Tour de Suisse GC battle, Tejay van Garderen is pleased with his Tour prep. He says the Dauphiné's timing is actually less ideal.

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BMC has built its Tour de France roster around Tejay van Garderen and Richie Porte. The team will bring Brent Bookwatler, Rohan Dennis, Greg Van Avermaet, and others.

It's another episode of the VeloNews Show! This week we analyze Tejay and Talansky's Tour de Suisse efforts, and check out Peter Sagan's new American muscle.

Tejay Van Garderen and Andrew Talansky finish in the top 10 of the Tour de Suisse, and van Garderen claims a big stage win on a mountaintop finish.

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After yesterday's disaster, Tejay van Garderen bounced back today. Here's our take on the ride.

American Tejay van Garderen wins Tour de Suisse stage 7, a brutally long race to Solden, Austria that finished with an hors category climb.

American Tejay van Garderen lost two minutes on Thursday's final climb after enduring cold and rain.

Tejay van Garderen attacked during Wednesday's stage 5 in Switzerland and nearly caught his teammate and stage winner Darwin Atapuma.

If Tejay van Garderen wants to lead BMC at the Tour, he first needs to win the Tour de Suisse or else he'll be playing second-fiddle to Richie Porte.

This year's route is harder than in years past, with more climbs added into the course as the peloton preps for the Tour de France.

Richie Porte wants to be BMC Racing's top GC man at the Tour de France, and he's using the Critérium du Dauphiné to show off his skills.

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Tejay van Garderen will skip Rio. Will other Olympians follow suit?

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This week, we look at Trofeo Alfredo Binda on the Women's WorldTour, along with men's races Tirreno-Adriatico and Volta ao Alentejo.

BMC Racing’s Tejay van Garderen and Richie Porte are racing together for the first time this season at the Volta a Catalunya.

Ian Boswell is proving to be an important part of Sky's crack squad of climbers. Also, Olds finishes top-10 in Women's WorldTour round two.

Tejay van Garderen is 'disappointed' at the lost opportunity to put his climbing skills to the test at Tirreno-Adriatico

BMC roars into the first day of Tirreno, positioning its GC leader, Tejay van Garderen ahead of rivals Nibali, Valverde, and Pinot.

Tejay van Garderen has never won a European stage race, but he says he's ready to change that at Tirreno-Adriatico.

Van Garderen, Talansky, Valverde, Contador, and Nibali are all queuing up to race Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

In this week's Americans Abroad, we discuss Tejay van Garderen's time trial victory at the Ruta del Sol, his first win of the season.

Tejay van Garderen wins Ruta del Sol's stage 4 time trial and vaults into the overall lead with one day of racing remaining.

Here's the first installation of VeloNews's weekly wrap-up of American racers and their results in the European pro peloton.

The American will start his season at two races in Spain this weekend as he prepares for another Tour de France challenge.

Pairing of Tejay van Garderen and Richie Porte has BMC aiming for outright Tour victory

Megan Guarnier's medal-winning ride at worlds earns her this honor, while Tejay van Garderen's consistent riding nets him the men's award.

BMC has a long list of 2016 objectives, but the most eyebrow-raising is the Tour de France, which it hopes to win in 2016.

General manager Jim Ochowicz tells VeloNews the "1-2 punch" will help the team's chances in the race for yellow next summer.

Fabio Aru won a Spanish grand tour that was filled with crashes, abandonments, and an ejection.

The BMC Racing rider was forced to exit the Tour and the Vuelta because of an illness and a crash.

The Tinkoff-Saxo star, the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Vuelta due to injury, says moto drivers don't take rider safety seriously

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A massive crash in the Vuelta's eighth stage knocks several riders out of the race

Tejay van Garderen seeks a measure of redemption at the Vuelta and believes he'll have his chance to take on Tour champ Froome.

BMC's team time trial win gets Tejay van Garderen's Vuelta off to a good start

The Briton is aiming to become just the third rider in history to win both the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in the same year.

Van Garderen starts the Vuelta a España looking to make up for his unexpected Tour exit, but won't have the same pressure to podium.

Will Richie Porte and Tejay van Garderen be stronger together with BMC, or are their skills and ambitions too similar for just one team?

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The BMC rider will forgo his USA Pro Challenge defense in favor of racing the Spanish grand tour

After Tejay van Garderen's departure from the Tour, rumors have circulated that he'll break contract early, possibly to go to Trek.