Lorenzo Finn Joins Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe WorldTour
The 19-year-old U23 world champion will turn professional with the team in January 2027 after a year in its development ranks.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Cycling
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe announced that Lorenzo Finn will graduate to its WorldTour squad in 2027. Finn, who won the 2025 U23 road race world title, spent 2026 in the team's U23 ranks before the move.
Why it matters
Finn becomes the first rider to pass through each level of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's development structure to the WorldTour. His promotion adds a young rider to a squad competing for major cycling honors.
Finn, age 19, won the 2025 U23 road race world title and finished 55th in the elite men's road race at the World Championships. Seixas, three months older, has two professional seasons, a Monument win this year and fourth place at the Tour de France.
The players
Lorenzo Finn
An Italian 19-year-old rider and 2025 U23 road race world champion, known for dominating the Giro d'Italia Next Gen and the Tour de l'Avenir.
Paul Seixas
A young French rider with two professional seasons who won a Monument this year and placed fourth at the Tour de France, and who is often compared with Finn as a future Grand Tour contender.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
A German-based WorldTour cycling team whose Rookies development squad, launched in 2025, serves as the pathway that Finn has now completed.
The details
Finn rode for the Auto Eder junior squad before moving through the Rookies programme, launched in 2025, and loaned to Red Bull's WorldTour squad at lower-level races, winning the Sibiu Tour. He chose to spend another year in the development ranks after his 2025 U23 world title, and turns professional from January 2027.
Timeline
2025: Finn wins the U23 road race world title and the Rookies programme launches.
2026: Finn spends the year in the development ranks rather than turning pro.
January 2027: Finn assumes fully-fledged professional status with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
The Big Picture
Finn's promotion is the first completed passage through each level of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Rookies-to-WorldTour pipeline, which the team launched in 2025. It places him alongside Paul Seixas, a rival who has already reached the WorldTour and fourth place at the Tour de France.
Finn's move to the WorldTour places a 19-year-old in direct competition with established riders in the sport's top races. Fans tracking Grand Tour fields can watch whether he makes his planned first Grand Tour start in his debut professional season.
The takeaway
Finn's route through Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's development structure shows how a deliberate year in the junior ranks can precede a WorldTour debut. Watching how he handles his first professional season will indicate whether he can challenge the sport's leading Grand Tour riders.
Further reading
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