2015 Bora–Argon 18 season

Bora–Argon 18
2015 season
UCI code BOA
Status UCI Professional Continental
Manager Ralph Denk
Main sponsor(s) BORA & Argon 18
Based Germany
Bicycles Argon 18
Season victories
One-day races 1
Stage race overall -
Stage race stages 5
National Championships 2

The 2015 season for the Bora–Argon 18 cycling team is scheduled to begin in January at the Trofeo Santanyi–Ses Salines-Campos. The team participates in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

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 will thus be known as Team BORA. The team will be 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.[1] 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.[2]

2015 roster

Rider Date of birth
 Shane Archbold (NZL) (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989
 Jan Bárta (CZE) (1984-12-07) 7 December 1984
 Phil Bauhaus (GER) (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994
 Cesare Benedetti (ITA) (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987
 Sam Bennett (IRL) (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990
 Emanuel Buchmann (GER) (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992
 Zak Dempster (AUS) (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987
 Bartosz Huzarski (POL) (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980
 Patrick Konrad (AUT) (1991-10-13) 13 October 1991
 Ralf Matzka (GER) (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989
Rider Date of birth
 José Mendes (POR) (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985
 Dominik Nerz (GER) (1989-08-25) 25 August 1989
 Christoph Pfingsten (GER) (1987-11-20) 20 November 1987
 Cristiano Salerno (ITA) (1985-02-18) 18 February 1985
 Andreas Schillinger (GER) (1983-07-13) 13 July 1983
 Daniel Schorn (AUT) (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988
 Michael Schwarzmann (GER) (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991
 Björn Thurau (GER) (1988-07-23) 23 July 1988
 Scott Thwaites (GBR) (1990-02-12) 12 February 1990
 Paul Voss (GER) (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
13 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour  Bennett, SamSam Bennett (IRL)  Qatar Doha
21 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Team time trial[N 1]  Italy Arco
13 May Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Bennett, SamSam Bennett (IRL)  Germany Waldsassen
15 May Bayern-Rundfahrt, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Bennett, SamSam Bennett (IRL)  Germany Ebern
14 August Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Bennett, SamSam Bennett (IRL)  Norway Setermoen
8 October Paris–Bourges UCI Europe Tour  Bennett, SamSam Bennett (IRL)  France Bourges

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
26 JuneCzech Republic National Time Trial Champion
 Bárta, JanJan Bárta (CZE)  Slovakia Zilina
28 JuneGerman National Road Race Champion
 Buchmann, EmanuelEmanuel Buchmann (GER)  Germany Bensheim

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Cesare Benedetti, Emanuel Buchmann, Bartosz Huzarski, Patrick Konrad, José Mendes, Dominik Nerz, Cristiano Salerno and Paul Voss

References

  1. ↑ "Team NetApp to become Team BORA". Cyclingnews.com. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "THE NETAPP-ENDURA TEAM WILL BE KNOWN AS BORA – ARGON 18". 29 July 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nerz to Team Bora in 2015". cyclingnews.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "News shorts: Andy Schleck to retire?". cyclingnews.com. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Björn Thurau signs for Bora". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "News shorts: Hushovd says Armstrong admitted doping in 2011". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Willoughby, Ian (30 September 2014). "Czech cyclist König signs for Team Sky after coming seventh in Tour de France". Radio Prague. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Machado signs two-year deal with Katusha". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Bull, Nick (11 December 2014). "Garmin-Sharp's Steele Von Hoff joins NFTO for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Clarke, Stuart (13 November 2014). "Martyn Irvine and Mark McNally headline new arrivals for Madison Genesis". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

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