After a rather unremarkable first half of the season, Silvan Dillier (BMC) showed himself from the month of June and even celebrated three beautiful successes. The victory in the individual time trial at the Swiss championships, in the final stage of the Arctic Tour of Norway (2.HC), which he finished in second place, and in the Worlds team time trial made the Swiss summarize his season in this way when he spoke to radsport-news.com: "Overall I am very satisfied with the season. "

Dillier had hoped for slightly more in the spring classics than, for example, 61th  in the Tour of Flanders or 78th at the Amstel Gold Race Place. Hence, the 25-year-old was happy with his Grand Tour debut. Dillier not only reached the finish in Milan after a tough Giro d'Italia - he was even sixth overall in the youth classification.

The good form that he built in Italy, allowed him to shine. At the Tour de Suisse he was seventh in the 4th stage and twelfth in the final individual time trial in Bern. Shortly thereafter Dillier won his first Swiss time trial title and he finished fourth in the road race.

At the Arctic Race of Norway in August, he was just eight seconds from the overall victory. But Dillier could console himself with the win in the final stage. In September he was part of the BMC squad that defended the world TTT title in Richmond. "The second half of the season was very successful for me," Dillier said with satisfaction.

In addition to the successes on the road, he delivered impressive performances on the track. With his teammates, Dillier won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the European Championships on home soil in Grenchen.

This means that Dillier will concentrate fully on the track races at the Olympic Games in Rio. Furthermore, the Track World Championships in London will be a big goal. "But I will also be active on the road," Dillier said, referring to his third year in the BMC jersey.