Thanks to Bora, starting with the 2015 season, professional road cycling will feature a German team funded by a German main sponsor for the first time since 2010.

Team Sky's Geraint Thomas has won this year's Tour of Bayern; Sam Bennett sprints to victory in final stage.

Team NetApp-Endura's Sam Bennett sprints to victory in Rund um Koln 2014.

The highest ranked German professional road cycling team is heading into 2014 with its sights set high. By combining its existing range of riders, who delivered impressive and continuous results on the roads in 2013, with a number of new signings brought on board to further reinforce the team, Team NetApp–Endura is aiming to take part in the Tour de France for the first time in 2014.

NetApp-Endura has taken its first Grand Tour stage victory. Leopold Konig did the honors for the German squad. The Czech rider overtook Igor Anton (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in the last km to win Stage 8 of the 2013 Vuelta a Espana, a 166.6-km ride from Jerez de la Frontera to Alto de Penas Blancas, in 4:09:46. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) finished second at 0:01, and Nicolas Roche (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) took third at 0:05. Roche’s placing was good enough to take the red jersey from Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).

Leopold König climbs to stage victory for Team NetApp-Endura in Vuelta a Espana 2013; Nicolas Roche takes overall Vuelta a Espana lead for Saxo-Tinkoff.

Team NetApp-Endura's Leopold König climbs to victory in stage 7 of 2013 Amgen Tour of California; BMC Racing's Tejay van Garderen leads Tour of California overall before tomorrow's final stage.