Emanuel Buchmann leaves BORA after Giro d'Italia drama and joins Cofidis - "I will fight to do the Tour de France again!"
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Emanuel Buchmann was looking to race the Giro d'Italia this year and was removed from the lineup despite the good form and months of preparation. This caused an irreparable rift between the former German national champion and Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe which was inevitably going to lead to a transfer. This has now been confirmed as Buchmann joins Cofidis for the 2025 season.
"Emanuel Buchmann is a very high-quality reinforcement for our Cofidis team. It is a source of pride and a first to welcome a rider who has already entered the Top 5 of the general classification of the Tour de France," team manager Cédric Vasseur said in a press release. "Emanuel is a rider capable of competing with the best riders in the world and his arrival within our structure is a new challenge. We want to allow him to find his best level in 2025 and he will of course be our trump card for the general classification of the Grand Tours."
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Buchmann is a rider that finished fourth in the 2019 Tour de France, and has on his palmarès also a seventh spot at the 2022 Giro. As the German team signed more quality riders for the Grand Tours he settled in a domestique role, but still had his personal ambitions. This year's Giro was definitely one of them but he was taken out of the lineup to his surprise. He hasn't and will not race a three-week race this season and for several months it had already been reported that he would leave the team, and over the past weeks it was heavily reported that he had an agreement with the French World Tour team - that has also signed the Dylan Teuns and Simon Carr in what is a renewal of the leading riders.
“After 10 seasons at Bora – Hansgrohe, I really wanted something new, to discover a new environment, and a different team culture too," Buchmann had to say. "I quickly understood that Cofidis trusted me to take on this challenge. I had spoken a lot with Simon Geschke about the team. I am very happy to join Cofidis. I really hope to be able to show my best, have good races and reach my full potential. If that is the case, I know I can get good results! I am a climber and a rider who appreciates the general classification. Obviously, being in a French team, I will fight to do the Tour de France again!” »
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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