'All boats rise in a high tide' Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have their latest superstar in Remco Evenepoel, but will he push them to new heights like Peter Sagan did?

"Sagan's arrival at Bora in 2017 coincided with their step up to the WorldTour, and with him came new levels of success; the team's win tally jumped to 33 in his first year, and he won some of the biggest races, including Paris-Roubaix, several stages of the Tour de France and at the World Championships."

"Obviously, Evenepoel is a different beast from the versatile sprinter and one-day star that three-time world champion Sagan was, as a GC rider, time trial specialist and hilly Classics contender. Their racing styles aren't particularly similar either, with Sagan's playful showmanship contrasting nicely against Evenepoel's calculated brutality, especially against the clock, but what they share is excellence, arriving at Denk's team as one of the very best riders in the world at the time."

"In his slipstream, we developed Emanuel Buchmann, Sam Bennett, Pascal Ackermann, and a lot of others, and they became pro in our infrastructure, and they are really successful."

Peter Sagan joined Bora in 2017 as the team stepped up to the WorldTour and immediately raised performance levels, driving a win tally of 33 in his first year and claiming major races including Paris‑Roubaix, Tour de France stages and the World Championships. Sagan's reputation absorbed pressure, enabling teammates to develop away from the spotlight and contributing to the team's peak of 47 wins in 2019, only four from Sagan. Remco Evenepoel arrives as a different type of star — a GC rider, time‑trial specialist and hilly Classics contender — with the potential to similarly lift the team's results and development.

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