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{{short description|German cycling team}}
{{Infobox cycling team
| name     = Red Bull–BORA–Hansgrohe
| image        = [[File:Bora-hansgrohe.svg|262px]]
| code         = RBH
| registered         = Germany
| founded      = {{start date|2010}}
| disbanded    =
| website      = http://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en
| generalmanager      =
| teammanager  = [[Ralph Denk]]
| discipline   = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status       = [[UCI Continental Circuits|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 Bikes|Focus]] (2010)<br />[[Simplon (bicycles)|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 Bicycle Components|Specialized]] (2017–)
| kitimage    =
| current      = 2024 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 (magazine)|Cyclist]] |issue=80 |pages=70–78 }}</ref>
[[File:Rund um Köln 2022 115.jpg|thumb|The team at the 2022 [[Rund um Köln]]]]
==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|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 [[Canada|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 [[Cyclo-cross Superprestige|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>
==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 [[2016 Tour of Flanders|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>
==Team roster==
{{Updated|6 January 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/riders|access-date=6 January 2024 |title=BORA - hansgrohe }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19537 | title=Bora–Hansgrohe | work=UCI.org | accessdate=6 January 2024}}</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=[[Cesare Benedetti]]|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|8|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Emanuel Buchmann]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|11|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Nico Denz]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|15}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Patrick Gamper]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|2|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexander Hajek]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|7|19}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Marco Haller (cyclist)|Marco Haller]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|4|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Emil Herzog]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|10|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Sergio Higuita]]|nat=COL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jai Hindley]]|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|5}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Bob Jungels]]|nat=LUX|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|9|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jonas Koch]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|6|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lennard Kämna]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|9|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Florian Lipowitz]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|9|21}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Luis-Joe Lührs]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|1|20}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Filip Maciejuk]]|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|9|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Daniel Martínez (cyclist)|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=[[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=[[Primož Roglič]]|nat=SLO|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|10|29}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Max Schachmann]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Matteo Sobrero]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|14}}}}
{{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 (cyclist)|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
:[[File:MaillotSudáfrica.PNG|20px]] South Africa Time Trial, Daryl Impey
;2012
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
;2013
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Road Race, Jan Bárta
;2014
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
;2015
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
:[[File:MaillotAlemania.PNG|20px]] German Road Race, Emanuel Buchmann
;2016
:[[File:MaillotPortugal.PNG|20px]] Portuguese Road Race, José Mendes
;2017
:[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvia Time Trial, Aleksejs Saramotins
:[[File:MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG|20px]] Czech Republic Time Trial, Jan Bárta
:[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Road Race, Gregor Mühlberger
:[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
:[[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] German Road Race, Marcus Burghardt
:[[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] World Road Race, Peter Sagan
;2018
:[[File:MaillotPolonia.PNG|20px]] Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
:[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan
:[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Road Race, Lukas Pöstlberger
:[[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] German Road Race, Pascal Ackermann
;2019
:[[File:MaillotPolonia.PNG|20px]] Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
:[[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann
:[[File:MaillotItalia.svg|20px]] Italy Road Race, Davide Formolo
:[[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Ireland Road Race, Sam Bennett
:[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
:[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad
;2020
:[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakian Road Race, Juraj Sagan
;2021
:[[File:MaillotPolonia.PNG|20px]] Polish Time Trial, Maciej Bodnar
:[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Road Race, Patrick Konrad
:[[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] German Road Race, Maximilian Schachmann
:[[File:MaillotSlovakia.svg|20px]] Slovakian Road Race, Peter Sagan
:[[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's omnium|Olympic omnium]], Matthew Walls
;2022
:[[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] New Zealand Criterium, Shane Archbold
:[[File:MaillotColombia.PNG|20px]] Colombian Road Race, Sergio Higuita
:[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Time Trial, Felix Großschartner
:[[File:MaillotAllemania.svg|20px]] German Road Race, Nils Politt
;2023
:[[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Ireland Time Trial, Ryan Mullen
:[[File:MaillotAlemania.PNG|20px]] German Road Race, Emanuel Buchmann
;2024
:[[File:MaillotColombia.PNG|20px]] Colombian Time Trial, Daniel Felipe Martínez
{{Palmares end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Bora-Hansgrohe}}
* {{official website|https://www.redbullborahansgrohe.com/en}}
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