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cycling team established in 2010 with a German license, founded and managed by Ralph Denk. It is sponsored by BORA, a German manufacturer of extractor hoods and cooktops, and

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, a bathroom fittings manufacturer. Its aim is "improving the image of road cycling in Germany".

History

The team was formed in 2010 as Team NetApp, a UCI Continental Team with 14 riders. It was promoted to ProContinental Team status after the first season. For the 2013 season, Team NetApp and British based merged to form NetApp-Endura. The team's 2013 roster consisted of eight riders from Endura, and 12 riders from Team NetApp, as well as NetApp bringing the Pro Continental licence. The eight Endura riders joining were Alexander Wetterhall,

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, Iker Camaño,

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, Paul Voß, Russell Downing, Scott Thwaites,

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. The nine NetApp riders retained were Jan Barta, Cesare Benedetti, Markus Eichler, Bartosz Huzarski, Blaz Jarc, Leopold Koenig, Daniel Schorn, Andreas Schillinger, Michael Schwarzmann. On the first rest day of the

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, 15 July 2014, the team announced they had secured sponsorship with German cooking surface and extractor manufacturer BORA. The team for 2015 onwards, thus becoming known as Team BORA. BORA became the first German team with a German title sponsor in the professional peloton since 2010. Team manager Ralph Denk expressed hope that BORA's backing would help the team achieve their aim of joining the

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by 2017. After the end of the 2014 Tour de France, it was announced that starting in 2015 the team would ride bicycles from

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company,

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, which would also be the team's second title sponsor. During this relationship, a glass kitchen was installed allowing fans to watch the chef, like a zoo, and advertise the Bora air extractor. In late June 2016, days before the

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, the team announced that from 2017 the team name would change from Bora-Argon 18 to Bora–

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would join the team on a three-year deal from 2017,

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announced in August 2016 that they would replace Argon 18 as the team's bike sponsor, having also agreed to a three-year agreement to supply the team's bicycles, helmets, shoes, tires, and wheels. On 1 August 2017, the team announced the signings of

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on a two-year deal and

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for the 2018 season. As of 2018 approximately 95% of funding comes from sponsorship; in order to develop, team manager Denk aims to reduce this to 50%.

Doping

In July 2017, the team revealed that former rider Ralf Matzka returned an adverse analytical finding for

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on March 3, 2016, Matzka did not ride for the team after the

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. Tamoxifen usage can lead to an increase in the concentrations of testosterone within the body.