As the transfer season draws to an end, 2012 season contracts for Southeast based pros are becoming public. Greenville’s George Hincapie will continue to ride for BMC in 2012 as is Athens, Georgia teammate Brent Bookwalter. However, his two other Southeast teammates are moving on: John...

Racing in the Tour of Qatar is Athens, Georgia resident John Murphy of BMC Racing Team. Murphy, known as one of the team’s sprinters, is the go to guy in the closing kilometers of a race. However, today was the prologue of this Middle East race – a gut busting 2.7 kilometer effort which...

Most people get to celebrate their birthday with friends, family and cake. John Murphy however isn’t just like most people when it comes to birthdays. The Athens, Georgia resident is a member of the BMC squad and is attending a pre-season training camp in Spain which just happened to...

It has not been an easy couple of weeks for two of the Southeast’s most prominent riders – BMC’s George Hincapie and John Murphy. Athens, Georgia resident John Murphy crashed in the second stage of the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and according to the team’s press release...

Just last year Athens, Georgia resident John Murphy was racing domestically on one of the strongest squads that the U.S. has to offer. Known as a sprinter here in the U.S. many people don’t realize that he cut his teeth racing in Europe as a member of the U-23 national team. It was no...

Last  Sunday  BMC’s John Murphy stepped into the big league of professional cycling – racing Paris-Roubaix. This is not the Athens native’s first day at the rodeo. Murphy has ridden the Roubaix cobbles as a U-23 rider for the U.S. National team, finishing in 13th place in...

This Sunday BMC’s John Murphy steps into the big league of professional cycling – racing Paris-Roubaix. This is not the Murphy’s first day at the rodeo and has ridden the Roubaix cobbles as a U-23 rider for the U.S. National team, finishing in 13th place in 2006. With the...