Since last Friday it´s official: BORA – hansgrohe will race with a World Tour license in 2017. The International Cycling Federation UCI awarded 17 licenses on the 25th of November. One of them went to the team based in Raubling, Germany. The license also means guaranteed starts at all World Tour races, which include the Grand Tours, Monuments and Classics.
The team management, riders and sponsors are now looking forward to this new challenge and also to an exciting first World Tour season, which will start already in January in Australia.
“It’s a dream come true. We expected to get one of the licenses, but you can’t be sure until it’s official. Now that we got this confirmation it feels even better to have got one. It’s a first big success already before the start of the season. This license is a result of a hard work over the last 7 years. We stepped up from Continental level to Pro Continental level and now finally managed to get into the elite club of cycling – the UCI World Tour. I want to thank our title sponsors BORA and hansgrohe, but also Specialized, for their trust in us, they all have a big share in this great achievement. But I also need to thank all our supporters from the last years. I am sure that BORA – hansgrohe will worthy represent Germany in the highest cycling league.” – Ralph Denk, Teammanager
