Bora-Hansgrohe enjoyed their WorldTour debut with a podium place at the Tour Down Under, and although world champion Peter Sagan missed out on a stage win, team manager, Ralf Denk, was encouraged by the team's overall performance.
The German team invested heavily in bringing Sagan and his entourage to the team for 2017, and while they also signed several other riders to bolster their then Pro Continental ranks, the obvious attention was focused on the capture of the Slovak rider.
At the Tour Down Under, Sagan rode in a number of roles for his new team. He sprinted for stages, became a leadout man when it was required, and positioned teammate Jay McCarthy at several key points in the race. The fact that the Australian went on to claim a podium spot in the general classification owed much to the work of his team, and notably Sagan.
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"All the WorldTour races are big goals for us," Denk told Cyclingnews ahead of the final stage on Sunday.
"The big goal this season is winning the Green Jersey in the Tour but also trying to go top five with Leopold Konig at the Giro, and then the top five with Rafal Majka at the Tour de France. We want to also win a Monument.
"We also have a young German Emanuel Buchmann, who I think is a good contender for the next few years. We're not just a one-man team. We have Majka, Konig and other riders who can create results. See at this race we have Jay McCarthy and Sam Bennett, who can both produce results. It's not just a team of three big guys."
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