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

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Jun 22, 2009
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At least Sagan rode only a 200 metres leadout... Sagan got two 200km leadouts from Bora and crumbled :D.
 
Jun 20, 2015
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Sagan's pursuit of the sprint jersey's made the TDF and the Giro more interesting - It's a moot point because sagan will be at another team in 2022.
 
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Apr 10, 2019
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Good to see that Buchmann is willing to ride the Giro. He isn't a generic, Tour obsessed, Bratwurst & Sauerkraut cyclist.
 
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Red Bull will join as a (minor i expect) sponsor. Palzer will ride with his Red Bull helmet as he brought them along from his existing Skimo sponsorships.
 
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Apr 26, 2019
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Bora rider targets for this year:

Giro: Buchmann (leader), Großschartner and Fabbro as domestiques
Tour: 14 man longlist including: Keldermann, Kämna, Konrad, Ackermann (with his sprint train), Sagan
Vuelta: Großschartner (leader)

Milan-San Remo: Sagan (Leader), Ackermann to get to know the race
Ardennes classics: Schachmann (leader)
Cobble Classics: Sagan and Politt as leaders

 
May 2, 2019
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Based on previous informations in the media the rough plan for Kämna in 2021 seems to be:
Valencia - Catalonia - part of Ardenne classics - Dauphine - le Tour

Olympics are still on the table, but his main focus will remain on the Tour.

He will ride Catalonia probably for the overall standings as a team leader.
And he mentioned some "nice races" in between.

There are talks about freedom and stage hunting during the Tour.
But between the lines it sounds like that he could also fill out a role as a co-captain for the overall standings.
Bora is very cautious about that. The team manegement repeatedly emphasizes his talent status, which he can develop and they probably do not want to build up pressure of expectations.

Kämna himself often emphasizes that although he was able to show good results in the time trial as a junior, he would have neglected this discipline in recent years.
 
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Sep 26, 2020
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It's very unfortunate, but not really surprising, that Keldermann was involved.
But at least the team was right, when they posted about their "fast and furious sprint training" yesterday.
 
Oct 15, 2017
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Probably out for most of the season. Dumb and bad drivers there are lots of unfortunately.

Seems like a lot of serious crashes happens more in training, than in the actual races.
 
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Eurosport did a short video on Anton Palzer at Bora's January Lake Garda camp: https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/c...skier-to-rider-of-bora_vid1449088/video.shtml

If you speak/understand german there is also a Podcast epsiode with him as a guest from Besenwagen Podcast from December. Highly recommend, he is a great guy and is very open about what he expects, his Skimo career, numbers and small tidbits from a first team get together.

He is now officialy a cyclist as his last Skimo race, the worlds, were raced last week.
 
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No Schachmann at the Tour, he will focus on the Olympics and the Vuelta.

More interesting, Denk is not happy with Ackermann and his start at the Tour is in doubt.
 
May 2, 2019
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Good news: new contract for Kämna.

Bad news: an infection from mid-April is persistent, so that it is very likely that Kämna will not be able to start the Tour.

Konrad and Schelling as Kelderman's strongest domestiques in the mountains during the Tour?

Without Schachmann and probably Kämna and Buchmann, their squad might look a bit weakened and they could more focus on sprints in that case.
 
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Schelling wasn't planned to start the Tour. Without Kämna and Zwiehoff injured, they don't have anybody who could help Kelderman and Konrad in the mountains.
Last way out: They decide to bring the legend himself Toooni Palzer, who will destroy the slovenians and win the Tour!
 
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