Joining Bora-Hansgrohe for 2017 after six years with the Tinkoff organisation, Rafal Majka figures to be the top climber on a team that will suddenly have a wealth of WorldTour stage racing opportunities as it gets a bump to cycling's highest division.
The 27-year-old from Poland had initially planned to set his sights on the Giro d'Italia again next season after landing fifth there this year, but he told Cyclingnews from the Bora training camp in Valencia that he was shifting his focus. With a 'try everything' approach to his future, Majka now plans to make a run at the Tour de France GC instead, with a possible Vuelta start to follow.
"I want to try the Tour de France. I've never done GC in the Tour. I did it in the Giro and the Vuelta. In both, I've finished top five. Now I need to try doing the Tour because when you never try, you never know," Majka said.
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"I won two times the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France. Now it will be a little bit bigger step for me and I'll try to be in the GC."
The Tour's reigning king of the mountains acknowledged the challenge of focusing on the yellow jersey given the dominance of Chris Froome (Sky), but figures he might as well see what he can achieve.
"For now we see that Froome, for us, is the best rider in the Tour de France for a few years," he said. "Right now I'm concentrated on a top five at the Tour. After, we need to see how I feel and maybe I'll try to win some stages at the Vuelta."
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