Sam Bennett in battle to free himself from Bora-Hansgrohe, according to sources
Sam Bennett is trying to break free of an early agreement with Bora-Hansgrohe in order to sign with Deceuninck -Quick-Step for 2020, according to team insiders.
Bora-Hansgrohe
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Bora-Hansgrohe are a German-registered UCI WorldTour professional cycling team, home of current world champion and all-round winning machine Peter Sagan.
The team’s roots go back to the NetApp team, before cooker extractor fan manufacturer Bora came on board as title sponsor in 2015 followed by bathroom product company Hansgrohe in 2017.
Sagan’s results over the 2017-18 seasons riding for the team speak for themselves, with wins in Paris-Roubaix (2018), Ghent-Wevelgem (2018), and a Tour de France stage win in 2017 before he was controversially ejected from the race for clashing with Mark Cavendish on stage four.
Although Sagan is the undoubted star of the team, it certainly isn’t all about the Slovak. Fellow former Tinkoff rider Rafał Majka is a strong rider in stage races and Irish sprinter Sam Bennett is improving swiftly as his wins mount up.
Plus, the team has earned wins in recent seasons thanks to the likes of Jay McCarthy, 2017 Giro stage winner Lukas Pöstlberger and 2017 Tour de France stage winner Maciej Bodnar.
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Emanuel Buchmann flying under the radar into Tour de France 2019 overall contention
The German climber has gone relatively unnoticed into sixth overall
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Peter Sagan puts difficult spring behind him with Tour de France stage victory
The three-time world champion rode through the spring empty handed, but already has a victory at the Tour
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Peter Sagan’s new standard Bora-Hansgrohe kit unveiled for Tour de France 2019
Peter Sagan will be riding in unfamiliar colours at the 2019 Tour de France – the standard Bora-Hansgrohe strip.
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Sam Bennett hoping to push on and 'secure place as one of the world’s top sprinters'
The Irishman says he wants to see Mark Cavendish break Eddy Merckx's Tour de France stage wins record in July
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Cesare Benedetti takes victory on thrilling Giro d'Italia 2019 stage 12 as pink jersey changes hands
Jan Polanc took the overall lead from his team-mate Valerio Conti after making it into the day's main breakaway
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Pascal Ackermann will continue Giro d’Italia 2019 after high-speed crash
Pascal Ackermann will continue to race the Giro d’Italia after losing a lot of skin in a high-speed crash.
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‘It will be a hard night for him’: Pascal Ackermann torn up in final kilometre crash at Giro d’Italia 2019
The German champion was left suffering with injuries after a late crash on stage 10 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia
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Ackermann win takes pressure off Bora-Hansgrohe after Sam Bennett omission
The German champion sprinted to victory on stage two of the Giro to quash any doubt over the decision to choose him over Bennett
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Peter Sagan content with Paris-Roubaix performance after lacking energy in finale
The defending champion says he wasn't at his best after finishing fifth
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Emanuel Buchmann takes overall lead after summit finish win in Tour of the Basque Country 2019
The German has a 54-second advantage over Ion Izagirre going into tomorrow's final stage
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Shane Archbold returns to Bora-Hansgrohe after crash forced him out of the WorldTour
Shane Archbold will returns to Bora-Hansgrohe, three years after he was forced out of the WorldTour by a crash.
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Max Schachmann holds off chasing bunch to win Volta a Catalunya stage five solo
Bora-Hansgrohe rider ditched his companions after four man breakaway looked doomed to failure
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Sam Bennett makes late surge to take Paris-Nice 2019 stage six as Kwiatkowski retains lead
The Irishman left it late to pip Arnaud Démare to the line and take his second victory of the race
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Peter Sagan: 'It's easy to reach a certain level, but it's much more difficult to stay there'
Three-time world champion says he's realising how hard it is to maintain such a high level year after year
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'It shouldn't happen': Riders react to Bora-Hansgrohe pedestrian collision
Riders have their take on a nasty incident which saw two Bora riders taken out as well as a pedestrian
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Peter Sagan expected to start Tirreno-Adriatico despite suffering with stomach virus
The three-time world champion has been ill since finishing a training camp in Sierra Nevada
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Sam Bennett on his first WorldTour win of 2019: ‘It’s a contract year, so it can’t hurt’
Sam Bennett said his maiden WorldTour victory of 2019 ‘can’t do any harm’ as he keeps one eye on a new contract.
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Sam Bennett takes first major win of the season on stage seven of UAE Tour
Sam Bennett has taken his first big win of 2018 on stage seven of the inaugural UAE Tour.
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'These are my best years, I want the opportunities': Sam Bennett considering future after Giro & Tour omission
Bennett says he would find it difficult to leave Bora-Hansgrohe, but admits he wants opportunities to compete in the two biggest Grand Tours
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Sam Bennett on being led out by Peter Sagan: ‘People give you s**t online if you don’t pull it off’
Sam Bennett said he had “a lot of s**t online” thrown his direction after being led out by Peter Sagan in the early season.
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Sam Bennett: 'Sagan leading me out is really cool but it puts me under pressure'
The Irishman won the final stage of the Vuelta a San Juan with Sagan's help, but will find Grand Tour opportunities limited in 2019
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'It's just a jersey': Sagan says pressure still the same even without rainbow bands
Three-time world champion Peter Sagan is aiming to triumph in Milan-San Remo this season, beginning his racing in Europe at Tirreno-Adriatico
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Peter Sagan wins Tour Down Under stage three in the Adelaide Hills
Three-time world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) won stage three of the Tour Down Under, repeating his 2018 success in Uraidla
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Peter Sagan riding Specialized Allez Sprint bike in the Tour Down Under Classic
