That result effectively placed him on the radar of the sport\u2019s top teams. Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe ultimately won the race for his signature, announcing the deal on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Team chief of sports Zak Dempster<\/a> made clear that the squad view Etxeberria as far more than a depth signing.\u201cWith Haimar, we are adding a rider who fits very well into our long-term vision,\u201d Dempster said in the official announcement<\/a>. \u201cOf course, he is still in the early stages of his career, but his eagerness to learn and the talent that gives him real promise in one-day races and tougher sprint finals speak for themselves. We are confident he will find the ideal environment here to continue developing his potential.\u201d<\/p>\n The move also represents a milestone moment for Etxeberria himself, who has rapidly climbed from junior and U23 success to earning a place in one of the WorldTour\u2019s fastest-evolving projects.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very happy to join Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the first conversations, I felt a strong trust and a clear vision for how I can grow here. I\u2019m motivated for this new chapter and excited to contribute to the project. It\u2019s a team I\u2019ve followed closely since the era of Peter Sagan. Being on a team alongside the best stars is a special feeling. I\u2019m very grateful for the opportunity and for being able to make the step up to the WorldTour at 22 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n With the signing, Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe continue a clear trend of reinforcing their punchy, resilient Classics and hilly one-day core \u2014 an area that increasingly complements their high-profile GC ambitions with Remco Evenepoel arriving for 2026.<\/p>\n Etxeberria, meanwhile, will enter his maiden WorldTour season with momentum, opportunity, and a structure that believes he\u2019s ready for the next leap. For a rider whose rise in 2025 was sharp and assured, the ceiling now looks significantly higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That result effectively placed him on the radar of the sport\u2019s top teams. Red Bull – BORA –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,111398,20997,101,109609,56,54,55,115745],"class_list":["post-283977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-haimar-etxeberria","tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","tag-sports","tag-transfers-negotiations","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-zak-dempster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}