Joey Rosskopf has had a hard baptism of fire in the European Spring Classics and as he recovers before the Tour de Yorkshire this weekend, Ed Hood managed to catch-up with the BMC rider to hear all about it. The life of a young American in Europe: You could say that 25 year-old American Joey Rosskopf first really hit the headlines in 2014 with his GC win in The Redlands stage race in the USA, two Pan Am Champs silver medals road race and time trial a string of top stage placings in the Colorado Pro Cycling Challenge, not to mention a top six GC spot; and those results were what netted him a contract with super squad BMC Racing Team for season 2015.But Rosskopf has been around a while; he won the Tour of Ohio in 2009 before going pro with Mountain Khakis for the 2010 season, winning the Atlanta 100K Classic. Team Type 1 was the name on the jersey for seasons 2011 and 12 with solid placings coming from places as diverse as Rwanda, New Zealand and China.With Team Type 1 in the 2012 USA Pro Challenge stage 5The level of success escalated in 2013 when he signed with the Hincapie Sportswear Development Team; he won Paris-Arras – taking a stage along the way – took third in Philly and won a stage in the tough Tour de Beauce in Canada. But last season against the World Tour squads in Colorado is where the spotlight shone brightest...
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