PARIS - Australian world champion Cadel Evans has agreed to ride for the American BMC Racing Team, two days after ending his five-year association with Belgian team Silence Lotto.

"The BMC Racing Team announced the signing of current world road race champion Cadel Evans to a three-year contract," BMC said in a statement on Monday.

"This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both the current world champion as well as the BMC Racing Team."

The 32-year-old Evans won the world road race title in Switzerland at the end of September and has twice finished second in the Tour de France.