Having signed Primož Roglič in the off season, Bora-hansgrohe has now been strongly linked with moves to bring both Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert into their ranks.
And while both riders have current contracts until the end of 2026 - Evenepoel with Soudal-QuickStep and Van Aert with Visma-Lease a Bike - reports in Germany have now linked both riders to the German World Tour team.
Red Bull looks poised to take a 51 per cent share in Bora-hansgrohe and when that deal goes ahead, once it is cleared by German regulators, the money the team will have at its disposal would make any cycling transfer possible.
Reports, including in German media outlet Kicker and the DPA news agency, have suggested both riders have already been approached, with progress on the signings implied for later this year.
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If the deals were to go ahead, it would bring massive firepower to Bora-hansgrohe. However, whether the team would be able to beat Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) or Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to victory in a Grand Tour is doubtful.
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The reports in Germany state Evenepoel is being lined up by Bora-hansgrohe as a general classification leader to compliment, and then take over from, Roglič. The Slovenian is now aged 34 and will be 37 before his new two-year contract ends.
Van Aert already has a personal deal with Red Bull and the Belgian rider wears one of the brand's helmets when he races. Evenepoel is also very closely linked with Specialized, which provides bikes to both his current team and to Bora-hansgrohe.
However, it is the money at the disposal of Red Bull, and its history of making big strides quickly in sports - like Formula 1, European soccer and host of extreme sports - that means signing both Van Aert and Evenepoel is not as unlikely as it may seem.
Oliver Mintzlaff, managing director of Red Bull and the man who oversees its sports sponsorship, recently spoke about his excitement for the Bora-hansgrohe project.
While attending the RB Leipzig training camp in Spain he said the cycling team would be rebuilt from 2025, though it still wanted to win the Tour de France this year with Roglič.
