BMC Racing Team would like to sign an other GC rider for the 2016 season. But the staff says Tejay van Garderen has nothing to prove and will stay the Tour de France leader, even if Richie Porte will join the American team. Van Gardener compete to the Tour de France with podium ambitions. After the Alpe stages, he is currently 3rd, 3:32 behind Christopher Froome (Team Sky).

"He doesn’t have to prove himself," general manager Jim Ochowicz explained according to CyclingWeekly. "He did it last year, this year he is doing it better and I would suspect next year it will be even better again. He’s matured, he’s not over reacting to situations that happen every day and he’s leading the team. He’s moving people around in the race – they respect him for that – and with the pre-race strategy we put in place each day, he’s part of that decision making about how it’s going to happen and then he’s part of the decision making as the race matures each day."

Even if BMC Racing Team won the two time trials and a stage with Greg van Avermaet, the main goal remains the general classification with TVG. "We had set goals prior to getting here and we haven’t achieved them all yet because one of them doesn’t happen until Paris," he said. "We wanted to get the jersey one day, we wanted a stage win and we got the jersey and three stage wins so we’re two ahead right now but we’re still fighting for the podium."