The team was founded as BMC Racing Team in 2007, sponsored by the bicycle manufacturer BMC Switzerland. Ownership of the team was held by Swiss businessman Andy Rihs until his death. After his death, the team passed to Jim Ochowicz and Gavin Chilcott.
In 2010, BMC Racing Team participated in its first Grand Tours, having been invited to compete in the 2010 Tour de France and the 2010 Giro d'Italia. The team signed a number of major international riders for the 2010 season, including 2009 World Champion, two-time Tour de France runner-up and 2011 winner Cadel Evans, 2009 U.S. Road Race Champion George Hincapie, 2008 World Champion Alessandro Ballan and Spring Classics specialists Karsten Kroon and Marcus Burghardt. In 2011, BMC rider Cadel Evans won the 2011 Tour de France. The team attained UCI ProTeam status, the most prestigious classification available.
For 2012 the team signed Thor Hushovd and Philippe Gilbert, the 2010 and 2012 world-champions respectively. Cadel Evans placed third overall at the 2013 Giro d'Italia. For the 2015 season, BMC signed Alessandro De Marchi, Damiano Caruso and Jempy Drucker. The team also announced they had signed Rohan Dennis. The team won the Team Time Trial World Championship. Greg Van Avermaet finished 8th in the World Tour individual classification that same year.
For the 2016 season, the team signed Richie Porte. He scored podiums at the Tour Down Under and Paris–Nice to finish 7th in the World Tour individual classification, whereas Van Avermaet finished 6th overall after winning the Tirreno–Adriatico and GP de Montréal. In the 2017 season, Van Avermaet won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem and the Paris–Roubaix, therefore he claimed the first place at the World Tour individual classification. Richie Porte finished 12th overall, having won the Tour Down Under and Tour de Romandie. BMC ranked third in the World Tour points classification. In 2018, Porte won the Tour de Suisse.
In April 2010, Thomas Frei tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), Frei was immediately withdrawn from racing by the team. Frei was later sacked by the team. In August 2017, the UCI confirmed that Samuel Sánchez had returned a positive out of competition drug test for GHRP-2 (Pralmorelin). He was immediately suspended by the team pending analysis of his B-sample. In February 2019, Kronen Zeitung broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Later, Stefan Denifl confessed to blood doping in a police interview. Denifl had been due to join CCC Team in 2019 but his contract was terminated at Denifl's request in December 2018. CCC Team general manager Jim Ochowicz confirmed that the team's medical assessment of Denifl’s biological passport showed no warning signs of blood doping.
In July 2018, the team announced that CCC would become the new title sponsor. However, CCC pulled out as title sponsor at the end of the 2020 season due to financial difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Jim Ochowicz was unable to find another major sponsor. Circus–Wanty Gobert took over the team's license and was promoted to a UCI WorldTeam.
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