Rafal Majka has signed for BORA – Hansgrohe for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, the German team have announced. The 27 year-old Polish rider joins the team alongside his fellow-countryman Pawel Poljanski
Majka is expected to play an important role regarding the Giro and Tour de France ambitions of the team. In this year’s Tour, Majka won the King of the Mountains classification for the second time this year. In addition, he was also third in the Olympic road race in Rio.
Poljanski also currently rides for Tinkoff and finished in 35th place in the Giro d’Italia earlier this season.
“I always said that we also need to strengthen our roster for the Grand Tours,” said Team Manager Ralph Denk. “With Rafal Majka we signed a rider who is able to finish a Grand Tour in the top 5.”
“As an add-on our young, German speaking talents, like Buchmann, Herklotz, Konrad or Mühlberger will take advantage, learn from his experience and improve their performance in order to be able to finish a Grand Tour in the top ten in the future.”
Looks like Bora-Hansgrohe will be a team to watch next year, especially for Stages wins…