Bora–Hansgrohe

Bora–Hansgrohe (UCI Code: BOH) is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team established in 2010 with a German license, founded and managed by Ralph Denk. It is sponsored by 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".
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.
For the 2013 season, Team NetApp and British based 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. 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.
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.
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. During this relationship, a glass kitchen was installed allowing fans to watch the chef, like a zoo, and advertise the Bora air extractor.
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. Hansgrohe is a bathroom products manufacturer with previous involvement in cyclo-cross, recently sponsoring the Superprestige series. 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.
On 1 August 2017, the team announced the signings of Peter Kennaugh on a two-year deal and Daniel Oss for the 2018 season. As of 2018 approximately 95% of funding comes from sponsorship. In order to develop, team manager Denk aims to reduce this to 50%.
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.
Team roster
Major wins
National, continental, world and Olympic champions
2011
South Africa Time Trial, Daryl Impey
2012
Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
2013
Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
Czech Republic Road Race, Jan Bárta
2014
Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
2015
Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
German Road Race, Emanuel Buchmann
2016
Portuguese Road Race, José Mendes
2017
Latvia Time Trial, Aleksejs Saramotins
Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
Austria Road Race, Gregor Mühlberger
Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
German Road Race, Marcus Burghardt
World Road Race, Peter Sagan
2018
Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan
Austria Road Race, Lukas Pöstlberger
German Road Race, Pascal Ackermann
2019
Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann
Italy Road Race, Davide Formolo
Ireland Road Race, Sam Bennett
Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad
2020
Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
2021
Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad
German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann
Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan
Olympic omnium, Matthew Walls
2022
New Zealand Criterium, Shane Archbold
Colombian Road Race, Sergio Higuita
Austria Time Trial, Felix Großschartner
German Road Race, Nils Politt
2023
Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
References
External links
2010 establishments in Germany
Cycling teams based in Germany
Cycling teams established in 2010
Specialized Bicycle Components
UCI WorldTeams