Teams & Riders The Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe team thread

[Berniece]

Not gonna lie, the team supporting Roglic in Itzulia does qualify for 'biggest joke of the year' so far.

Even more so since if he does a good ITT he could really use them

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Not gonna lie, the team supporting Roglic in Itzulia does qualify for 'biggest joke of the year' so far.

Who are they bringing?

 

[AmRacer]

Who are they bringing?

51 ROGLIČ Primož
52 ETXEBERRIA Haimar
53 BOICHIS Adrien
54 FISHER-BLACK Finn
55 MOSCON Gianni
56 TUCKWELL Luke
57 WANDAHL Frederik

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Not gonna lie, the team supporting Roglic in Itzulia does qualify for 'biggest joke of the year' so far.

Maybe their leader will be the local guy (Etxeberria) and then his support will be good enough (Rogla as a superdom).

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Maybe their leader will be the local guy (Etxeberria) and then his support will be good enough (Rogla as a superdom).

If Rogla is the superdom then there is every reason to complain about the support. Poor Exeberria!

 

[acm]

51 ROGLIČ Primož
52 ETXEBERRIA Haimar
53 BOICHIS Adrien
54 FISHER-BLACK Finn
55 MOSCON Gianni
56 TUCKWELL Luke
57 WANDAHL Frederik

When Boichis is the best climbing support, you know what a joke of a team this is.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@SHAD0W93

Any comment regarding team?

 

[Divergence]

Nope, they are a completly different team for the better. Consistent in race results with top 10 and podiums, showing dominance and taking control when needed in races and racing with confidence and to date 2nd on rankings. havent seen that since who knows when with the "old guard" at the helm.

Team is dong well, stepped up performance wise in 2026 since 2019 or so

"Consistent in race results with top 10 and podiums"
This exactly is the biggest joke. In terms of media exposure and payoff for the investment of the sponsors winning is the only thing that counts. Second best is being a joke of a team and, I guess, that is what they are going for at the moment. Kinda similar to Movistar when they were winning nothing but they were quite prominent in articles and amongst cycling fans.
They have Evenepoel now, who is a one day racer, but they let him go around embarrassing himself at stage races. They have Lipo who they desperately want to be a winner but he is just a guy. On top of that they have ridiculous DS's.
Therefore, the only thing they have on the positive side is the great Rog, but again, they are employing embarrassingly bad race strategy and team selection at races where he is at.

 

[LongtimeLurker]

When Boichis is the best climbing support, you know what a joke of a team this is.

Tuckwell is better than Boiches in this roll and has shown it in Catalunya

 

[LongtimeLurker]

"Consistent in race results with top 10 and podiums"
This exactly is the biggest joke. In terms of media exposure and payoff for the investment of the sponsors winning is the only thing that counts. Second best is being a joke of a team and, I guess, that is what they are going for at the moment. Kinda similar to Movistar when they were winning nothing but they were quite prominent in articles and amongst cycling fans.
They have Evenepoel now, who is a one day racer, but they let him go around embarrassing himself at stage races. They have Lipo who they desperately want to be a winner but he is just a guy. On top of that they have ridiculous DS's.
Therefore, the only thing they have on the positive side is the great Rog, but again, they are employing embarrassingly bad race strategy and team selection at races where he is at.

Nope, they are a completly different team for the better. Consistent in race results with top 10 and podiums, showing dominance and taking control when needed in races and racing with confidence and to date 2nd on rankings. havent seen that since who knows when with the "old guard" at the helm.

you think Rolf, Bernie, Gasparotto and Hausler were better than now? Shows how much you have ZERO idea they were a joke.

 

[SHAD0W93]

@SHAD0W93

Any comment regarding team?

They have the riders to be there at the end, Roglic has not been able to be there. Hard to ride for someone that’s not in contention.

 

[Divergence]

Nope, they are a completly different team for the better. Consistent in race results with top 10 and podiums, showing dominance and taking control when needed in races and racing with confidence and to date 2nd on rankings. havent seen that since who knows when with the "old guard" at the helm.

you think Rolf, Bernie, Gasparotto and Hausler were better than now? Shows how much you have ZERO idea they were a joke.

Yes, OK, they are dominant

 

[Statze2]

Not gonna lie, the team supporting Roglic in Itzulia does qualify for 'biggest joke of the year' so far.

Well, what do you expect? It is between the most important cobbled classic races, so all of those riders are not able to ride in Spain, the Giro squad will be in altitude training (do you expect them to sacrifice the Giro for a one week stage race?) The riders who are eligible are the riders who will mostly also be part of the hill classics. van Gils who was also planned for this race is injured, Martinez is injured.
Which rider did you expect here that is better than the selected ones and is not at the classics, injured or at the Giro preparation?

What I also see, this is not the best team at this race and this is the part were Bora needs to get better, develop a better and deeper climbing support team. But what I do like at this team, it will be fully there to support Roglic, one clear leader and no side objectives. I think all riders will work really hard for Roglic and Tuckwell (as seen in Catalunya) FFB and Boichis can be a good climbing support.

 

[TrekCyclist]

They have Lipo who they desperately want to be a winner but he is just a guy.

If Lipowitz is riding TdF and doing well (i.e. contending for podium) I expect media coverage and viewership figures will be significant in a 80 Mio population country. Not too bad for a sponsor.

 

[Snake]

Team of clowns

 

[Divergence]

If Lipowitz is riding TdF and doing well (i.e. contending for podium) I expect media coverage and viewership figures will be significant in a 80 Mio population country. Not too bad for a sponsor.

TBH they tried here in Germany, buy nobody cares. You have to win in order to be prominent.

 

[Divergence]

Another dominant performance for the great team

 

[acm]

Tuckwell is better than Boiches in this roll and has shown it in Catalunya

Boichis was better on Superga. Tuckwell was good in Catalunya, that's true.

 

[acm]

They have the riders to be there at the end, Roglic has not been able to be there. Hard to ride for someone that’s not in contention.

And who are those riders? We've seen this week how they can be there at the end yeah

 

[LongtimeLurker]

Yes, OK, they are dominant

hahahahahaha that all you have to reply? Nothing on your old DS group??
Soft.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

So Roglic, who is supposedly washed, performed much better in this race last year, both overall on and in this Barcelona circuit course that theoretically Remco is better suited for, than Remco and Lipowitz. Let’s see what he does in Itzulia, but if he performs well, the team needs to do some thinking.

 

[LongtimeLurker]

TBH they tried here in Germany, buy nobody cares. You have to win in order to be prominent.

*** blew up in Germany post Tour with Lipowtiz, still is but media is being managed correctly.

 

[SHAD0W93]

And who are those riders? We've seen this week how they can be there at the end yeah

Did Roglic race this week? Evenepoel finished on the podium of multiple stages and Lipo was third. Better than Roglic has done this season.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Roglic was better in Milano Torino than Remco here IMO

 

[acm]

He was better even on Cipressa.