Gallery: BMC 2013 team presented in Nazareth, Belgium

After the high-profile acquisitions of Philippe Gilbert, Thor Hushovd and Tejay van Garderen last winter, BMC owner Andy Rihs has been more restrained in the transfer market this past off-season, even if the team presentation once showcased his munificence by taking place in the newly-opened BMC Concept Store in an ano𝓀nymous industrial estate near ಌthe evocatively-named village of Nazareth, in Belgium.

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