Peter Sagan and Pascal Ackermann confirmed to leave Bora-Hansgrohe

Team BoraHansgrohe rider Slovakias Peter Sagan celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Giro dItalia 2021 cycling race 139 km between lAquila and Foligno on May 17 2021 Photo by Luca Bettini AFP Photo by LUCA BETTINIAFP via Getty Images
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) at the Giro d'Italia in 2021 (Image credit: Getty Images)

German team Bora-Hansgrohe has announced that Peter Sagan and Pascal Ackermann will both leave the team at the end of the season. The news was confirmed on Thursday with both riders part of a wave of departures planned over the next few months as the team restructures behind a raft of new signings. Also leaving the team are Erik Baska, Maciej Bodnar, Daniel Oss, Juraj Sagan, Rudiger Selig, Andreas Schillinger and Michael Schwarzmann.

Teams and riders cannot confirm their new moves for 2022 until the UCI transfer window officially opens on August 1 but they can confirm if they are leaving their current squads and parting ways. It is expected that three-time world champion Sagan will head to Team TotalEnergies and that he will bring the bulk of the released Bora riders with him. However, Ackermann is expected to sign for UAE Team Emirates, and replace Alexander Kristoff, who has not been renewed by the team from the Middle East.

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Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.