BORA-hansgrohe is putting everything on the Tour de France in 2024, that much is clear. The German cycling team signed Primoz Roglic as its main leader and is now further emphasizing the Slovenian's Tour ambitions with the announcement of a large part of the lineup in July. Disclaimer: that team is strong!
In 2023, BORA divided the leaders among the three Grand Tours of the year. Aleksandr Vlasov did the Giro, Jai Hindley the Tour and Cian Uijtdebroeks the Vuelta. None of that in 2024. Both Vlasov and Hindley are heading to the Tour de France with Roglic.
New signings Daniel Felipe Martinez (who came from INEOS Grenadiers) and Matteo Sobrero (coming from Jayco-AlUla) will also be present at the Tour de France. On the flat stages, Roglic will be supported by strong riders Nico Denz and Danny van Poppel, as IDLProCycling.com learned on Wednesday at the BORA-hansgrohe media day.
Kämna to lead in the Giro
The full focus on the Tour opens up opportunities for Lennard Kämna. The German spoke to this website at the end of last year about his ambition to be a GC rider, and he will have that chance in the Giro d'Italia. Kämna, who finished ninth in the Giro in 2023, is going all out this season for a top five in the Boot of Europe. After that, he will be the eighth name at BORA for the Tour, provided he comes out of the Giro in good shape.
BORA is not the first team to go all-in on the Tour in 2024. UAE-Team Emirates had previously unveiled an incredibly strong lineup for the upcoming Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar will be supported in France by Adam Yates, Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, Pavel Sivakov, Marc Soler, Tim Wellens, and Nils Politt. All of this to dethrone Visma | Lease a Bike, which has won the Tour twice in a row with Jonas Vingegaard.
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