{{short description|German cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Red Bull–BORA–Hansgrohe | image = 262px | code = RBH | registered = Germany | founded = {{start date|2010}} | disbanded = | website = http://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en | generalmanager = | teammanager = Ralph Denk | discipline = Road | status = UCI Continental (2010)<br /> UCI Professional Continental (2011–2016)<br /> UCI WorldTeam (2017– ) | oldname = {{aligned table|cols=2|fullwidth=y|style=white-space:nowrap|col1style=font-weight:bold; padding-right:1em; | 2010–2012 | Team NetApp ''(APP)'' | 2013–2014 | Team NetApp–Endura ''(TNE)'' | 2015–2016 | Bora–Argon 18 ''(BOA)'' | 2017–2024 | Bora–Hansgrohe ''(BOH)'' | 2024– | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe ''(RBH)'' }} | bicycles = Focus (2010)<br />Simplon (2011–2012)<br />Fuji Bikes (2013–2014)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12808/NetApp-extends-sponsorship-Endura-Racing-merges.aspx|title=NetApp extends sponsorship, Endura Racing merges|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=6 September 2012|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref><br />Argon 18 (2015–2016) <br />Specialized (2017–) | kitimage = | current = 2025 Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe season }} '''Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe''' (''UCI Code'': '''RBH''') is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team established in 2010 with a German license, founded and managed by Ralph Denk. It is sponsored by global energy drinks brand Red Bull, BORA, a German manufacturer of extractor hoods and cooktops, and Hansgrohe, a bathroom fittings manufacturer. Its aim is "improving the image of road cycling in Germany".<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last=Witts |first=J |year=2018 |title=Bora-Hansgrohe at the Tour de France, German Revival |quote=Bora-Hansgrohe might be best known for their Slovakian superstar, but the team's remit is improving the image of road cycling in its native Germany |magazine=Cyclist |issue=80 |pages=70–78 }}</ref>
[[File:Rund um Köln 2022 115.jpg|thumb|The team at the 2022 Rund um Köln]] [[File:Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe Tour de Hongrie 20250513 4632.jpg|thumb|The team at the 2025 Tour de Hongrie]]
==History==
The team was formed in 2010 as Team NetApp, a UCI Continental Team with 14 riders. It was promoted to ProContinental Team status after the first season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team history 2010 - 2017 |url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/team/history |website=BORA-hansgrohe |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005759/https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/team/history |url-status=dead }}</ref>
For the 2013 season, Team NetApp and British based {{UCI team code|EDR|2012}} merged to form NetApp-Endura. The team's 2013 roster consisted of eight riders from Endura, and 12 riders from Team NetApp, as well as NetApp bringing the Pro Continental licence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-netapp-and-endura-racing-merge-for-upcoming-season|title=Team NetApp and Endura Racing merge for upcoming season|date=6 September 2012|website=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> The eight Endura riders joining were Alexander Wetterhall, Erick Rowsell, Iker Camaño, Jonathan McEvoy, Paul Voß, Russell Downing, Scott Thwaites and Zak Dempster. The nine NetApp riders retained were Jan Barta, Cesare Benedetti, Markus Eichler, Bartosz Huzarski, Blaz Jarc, Leopold Koenig, Daniel Schorn, Andreas Schillinger and Michael Schwarzmann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enduraracing.com/Item.aspx?dept_id=5&item_id=515|title=enduraracing.com|publisher={{dead link|date=July 2018}} }}</ref>
On the first rest day of the 2014 Tour de France, 15 July 2014, the team announced they had secured sponsorship with German cooking surface and extractor manufacturer BORA. The team for 2015 onwards, thus becoming known as Team BORA. BORA became the first German team with a German title sponsor in the professional peloton since 2010. Team manager Ralph Denk expressed hope that BORA's backing would help the team achieve their aim of joining the UCI World Tour by 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-netapp-to-become-team-bora|title=Team NetApp to become Team BORA|date=15 July 2014|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>
After the end of the 2014 Tour de France, it was announced that starting in 2015 the team would ride bicycles from Canadian company Argon 18 which would also be the team's second title sponsor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argon18bike.com/news/compagny/argon-18-signed-partnership-bora-a18.html|title=The NetApp-Endura team will be known as BORA – ARGON 18|date=29 July 2014|website=Argon 18|access-date=July 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112235539/http://www.argon18bike.com/news/compagny/argon-18-signed-partnership-bora-a18.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During this relationship, a glass kitchen was installed allowing fans to watch the chef, like a zoo, and advertise the Bora air extractor.<ref name=":0" />
In late June 2016, days before the 2016 Tour de France, the team announced that from 2017 the team name would change from Bora-Argon 18 to Bora–Hansgrohe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-bora-argon-18-to-sign-sagan-and-add-hansgrohe-as-naming-rights-sponsor/|title=Report: Bora-Argon 18 to sign Sagan and add Hansgrohe as naming rights sponsor|date=30 June 2016|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> Hansgrohe is a bathroom products manufacturer with previous involvement in cyclo-cross, recently sponsoring the Superprestige series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bora-argon-18-sagan-is-too-big-a-rider-for-us/|title=Bora-Argon 18: Sagan is too big a rider for us|last=Benson|first=Daniel|date=30 June 2016|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> Following the announcement that Peter Sagan would join the team on a three-year deal from 2017, Specialized Bicycle Components announced in August 2016 that they would replace Argon 18 as the team's bike sponsor, having also agreed to a three-year agreement to supply the team's bicycles, helmets, shoes, tires, and wheels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/specialized-confirmed-as-bora-hansgrohe-bicycle-sponsor-with-three-year-deal/ |title=Specialized confirmed as Bora-Hansgrohe bicycle sponsor with three-year deal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 August 2016 |website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>
On 1 August 2017, the team announced the signings of Peter Kennaugh on a two-year deal<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/peter-kennaugh-signs-two-year-deal-with-bora-hansgrohe/|title=Peter Kennaugh signs two-year deal with Bora Hansgrohe|last=Benson|first=Daniel|date=1 August 2017|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> and Daniel Oss for the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/daniel-oss-signs-for-bora-hansgrohe/ |title=Daniel Oss signs for Bora-Hansgrohe |date=2 August 2016|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref> As of 2018 approximately 95% of funding comes from sponsorship. In order to develop, team manager Denk aims to reduce this to 50%.<ref name=":0" />
In January 2024 Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA) announced Red Bull GmbH's planned acquisition of a controlling interests of 51% in RD pro cycling GmbH & Co KG and RD Beteiligungs GmbH, the owner of BORA-Hansgrohe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bwb.gv.at/en/merger-control/2024/6510|title=Austrian Federal Competition Authority|website=Austrian Federal Competition Authority|language=en|access-date=2024-01-30}}</ref>
The FCA approved the acquisition on Monday 29 January 2024. Bora-Hansgrohe's manager Ralph Denk stated "the foundations of our partnership with Red Bull are now officially in place. This is the green light we've been waiting for to go ahead with the formalities and many specific parts of the collaboration."<ref>Red Bull and Bora-Hansgrohe partnership given 'green light to go ahead' [https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/red-bull-and-bora-hansgrohe-partnership-given-green-light-to-go-ahead]</ref>
The team was officially renamed Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe ahead of the 2024 Tour de France.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe is set to fight for Tour de France glory |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/red-bull-bora-hansgrohe-team-reveal-tour-de-france-2024 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Red Bull |language=en}}</ref>
==Team roster== {{Updated|1 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redbullborahansgrohe.com/en/riders|access-date=1 January 2025 |title=RIDERS }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20246 | title=RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | work=UCI.org | accessdate=1 January 2025}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Roger Adrià|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|5|18}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Giovanni Aleotti|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|5|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Nico Denz|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|15}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Remco Evenepoel|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|1|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Finn Fisher-Black|nat=NZL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|21}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Alexander Hajek|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|7|19}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Emil Herzog|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|10|6}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Jai Hindley|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|5}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Jonas Koch|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|6|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Oier Lazkano|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|7}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Florian Lipowitz|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|9|21}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Filip Maciejuk|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|9|3}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Daniel Martínez|nat=COL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Jordi Meeus|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|1}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Gianni Moscon|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|4|20}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Ryan Mullen|nat=IRL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|8|7}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Anton Palzer|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|3|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Giulio Pellizzari|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|11|21}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Laurence Pithie|nat=NZL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|7|17}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Primož Roglič|nat=SLO|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|10|29}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Matteo Sobrero|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|14}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Jan Tratnik|nat=SLO|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|2|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Mick van Dijke|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|15}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Tim van Dijke|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|15}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Maxim Van Gils|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Danny van Poppel|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|7|26}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Aleksandr Vlasov|nat=RUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|4|23}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Frederik Wandahl|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|5|9}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Sam Welsford|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|1|19}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Ben Zwiehoff|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|22}}}} {{Cycling squad end}}
==Major wins==
{{main|List of wins by Team NetApp and its successors}}
== National, continental, world and Olympic champions == {{Palmares start}} ;2011 :20px South Africa Time Trial, Daryl Impey ;2012 :20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta ;2013 :20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta :20px Czech Republic Road Race, Jan Bárta ;2014 :20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta ;2015 :20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta :20px German Road Race, Emanuel Buchmann ;2016 :20px Portuguese Road Race, José Mendes ;2017 :20px Latvia Time Trial, Aleksejs Saramotins :20px Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta :20px Austria Road Race, Gregor Mühlberger :20px Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan :20px German Road Race, Marcus Burghardt :20px World Road Race, Peter Sagan ;2018 :20px Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar :20px Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan :20px Austria Road Race, Lukas Pöstlberger :20px German Road Race, Pascal Ackermann ;2019 :20px Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar :20px German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann :20px Italy Road Race, Davide Formolo :20px Ireland Road Race, Sam Bennett :20px Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan :20px Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad ;2020 :20px Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan ;2021 :20px Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar :20px Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad :20px German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann :20px Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan :15px Olympic omnium, Matthew Walls ;2022 :20px New Zealand Criterium, Shane Archbold :20px Colombian Road Race, Sergio Higuita :20px Austria Time Trial, Felix Großschartner :20px German Road Race, Nils Politt ;2023 :20px Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen :20px German Road Race, Emanuel Buchmann ;2024 :20px Colombian Time Trial, Daniel Felipe Martínez {{Palmares end}}
==Doping== In July 2017, the team revealed that former rider Ralf Matzka returned an adverse analytical finding for Tamoxifen on March 3, 2016. Matzka did not ride for the team after the Tour of Flanders. Tamoxifen usage can lead to an increase in the concentrations of testosterone within the body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bora-reveal-2016-positive-test-for-ralf-matzka/ |title=Bora reveal 2016 positive test for Ralf Matzka|date=12 July 2017|website=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 July 2018 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Bora-Hansgrohe}} * {{official website|https://www.redbullborahansgrohe.com/en}} {{NetApp|state=autocollapse}} {{Bora–Hansgrohe riders}} {{Bora–Hansgrohe seasons}} {{Red Bull}} {{UCI WorldTeams}}
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