Teams & Riders The Bora - Hansgrohe team thread

[RedheadDane]

Or The Bowel Movement.

Dumoulin is retired. He's never gonna ride for them...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

With the Red Bull sponsorship, how about the "Bovine boys"?

Or just "A load of bull"

 

[will-10]

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time	Avg
1	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	BORA - hansgrohe	50	15		0:54:02	46.416
2	RIVERA Brandon Smith	INEOS Grenadiers	30	7		1:38	45.054
3	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Nu Colombia	20	2		1:56	44.812
4	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	15			2:31	44.35
5	VARGAS Walter	Team Medellín	10			2:37	44.272
6	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	5			3:03	43.936
7	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	3			4:01	43.204
8	URÁN Rigoberto	EF Education - EasyPost	3			4:18	42.994
9	GÓMEZ Germán Darío	Team Polti Kometa	1			4:21	42.957
10	BARBOZA Juan Manuel	Orgullo Paisa	1			4:48	42.629

An ITT at 2700m in January isn't the best indicator of anything, but those are some big gaps.

 

[tristecsinamigos]

why was he so bad last season anyway? Illness?

 

[CyclistAbi]

I’m ready to accept bora is about to become the next super team. So what will their unofficial branding be? (Wolf pack. Killer bees, etc)

Currently it's Band of Brothers.

 

[Netserk]

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt		Time	Avg
1	MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe	BORA - hansgrohe	50	15		0:54:02	46.416
2	RIVERA Brandon Smith	INEOS Grenadiers	30	7		1:38	45.054
3	CONTRERAS Rodrigo	Nu Colombia	20	2		1:56	44.812
4	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	15			2:31	44.35
5	VARGAS Walter	Team Medellín	10			2:37	44.272
6	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	5			3:03	43.936
7	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	3			4:01	43.204
8	URÁN Rigoberto	EF Education - EasyPost	3			4:18	42.994
9	GÓMEZ Germán Darío	Team Polti Kometa	1			4:21	42.957
10	BARBOZA Juan Manuel	Orgullo Paisa	1			4:48	42.629

An ITT at 2700m in January isn't the best indicator of anything, but those are some big gaps.

Poor showings from Bernal and Uran.

 

[RedheadDane]

Currently it's Band of Brothers.

Ironically, because surely that should be Uno-X!

 

[Izzyeviel]

why was he so bad last season anyway? Illness?

Being on Ineos

 

[scribers]

In how much time? Last year they weren't even top 5

Within 5

 

[awavey]

So when do they become Visa Cash App Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe? 😆

 

[samhocking]

why was he so bad last season anyway? Illness?

He was 5th in Colombian ITT and 2nd in RR last year and then won Algarve, he starts the season strong, then fades as he gets fatigued by Summer he says. Last season s second half was ruined by concussion in Le Tour though.

 

[DNP-Old]

why was he so bad last season anyway? Illness?

He punctured.

 

[tristecsinamigos]

I meant the whole season after Algarve. Or is that some forum joke?

 

[tobydawq]

So when do they become Visa Cash App Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe? 😆

I think, inspired by Visma's name, they will be called BORA - hansgrohe | Drink an energy drink

 

[Berniece]

Within 5

Sure can see that happening with that extra Red Bull cash

 

[CyclistAbi]

Barely in top 10. Just like Rogla was apparently, prior to the 2023 season.

Then the season started.

 

[ingsve]

He was 5th in Colombian ITT and 2nd in RR last year and then won Algarve, he starts the season strong, then fades as he gets fatigued by Summer he says. Last season s second half was ruined by concussion in Le Tour though.

Probably a good thing that he'll be doing the Giro this year then. Hopefully he still have legs for that. After that he'll probably mainly be helping Roglic in the Tour and then we'll see if he has anything in the fall.

 

[Berniece]

Deal is closed between Red Bull and Bora, no issues found with the buy-in.

Deal tussen Bora-Hansgrohe en Red Bull is helemaal rond: "Groene licht waar we lang op gewacht hebben" | sporza

Red Bull steekt zijn tentakels steeds verder uit in de wielerwereld. Zo maakte Bora-Hansgrohe vandaag de langverwachte samenwerking bekend. Verdere details volgen nog, maar teammanager Ralph Denk reageerde alvast opgetogen over de entente. "We hebben een belangrijke hindernis overwonnen", klonk het.

sporza.be

 

[scribers]

I think, inspired by Visma's name, they will be called BORA - hansgrohe | Drink an energy drink

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[CyclistAbi]

UAE | Disregard the bad things we do because oil

Don’t be part of the problem. Be the whole problem.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

A list of Red Bull sponsored cyclists:

Red Bull Athletes - Overview

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[pastronef]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765853189553725769

View: https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/status/1765853189553725769

 

[CyclistAbi]

Interesting story indeed, on how we will get not one but two team presentations in the same season!

 

[sam6]

If Red Bull wanted to enter road cycling why didn't they just replace Jumbo as they were looking for a big sponsor? Why go to Bora where there are already 2 sponsors locked in until the end of 2025? JV where already the dominant team they want. It will be hard to build that at Bora as most big riders already have long contracts at top teams. They have Roglic but he is past his best and not as good as Pogi/Vingo in the first place

 

[Netserk]

If Red Bull wanted to enter road cycling why didn't they just replace Jumbo as they were looking for a big sponsor? Why go to Bora where there are already 2 sponsors locked in until the end of 2025? JV where already the dominant team they want. It will be hard to build that at Bora as most big riders already have long contracts at top teams. They have Roglic but he is past his best and not as good as Pogi/Vingo in the first place

I don't think they had the option to buy the Visma team. They want to be owners, not just sponsor.