According to French newspaper L'Equipe, Tony Martin will leave Etixx-QuickStep at the end of this season. The German, who is a three-time world champion in the individual time trial, will join Bora-Hansgrohe in 2017.

Peter Sagan will decide where he will ride in 2017 during the Tour de France and the World champion is expected to join the same team.

In 2017, Germany will host the Grand Départ of the Tour de France for the fourth time. The peloton will hit the roads in Düsseldorf, on the banks of the Rhine and in the heart of one of the most vibrant cities in the country, for what is an already highly anticipated 104th edition.