Teams & Riders EF Pro Cycling

[Valv.Piti]

Cort has been rather shite tbh. I can't see where he has any chance of doing anything aside from stage 19 at this point.

Has he made a break?

 

[The GCW]

With all those poor results, they might have the freshest legs for the next few stages and the remainder of the race.

 

[Peter von]

With all those poor results, they might have the freshest legs for the next few stages and the remainder of the race.

great! Now they just need a sprinter and a GT rider and they'll smash it third week

I guess Chaves could luck out and be in the break the day where UAE and Jumbo let the break have it.

 

[Potomac]

It makes me wonder if there is some internal conflict for them to be getting such sucky results.

 

[Potomac]

Two 5th places and a 6th in 12 stages.

 

[Anderis]

This is the second consecutive GT when their 3 best climbers* all DNF. This team is cursed.

*- Theoretically Uran and Powless should be better climbers than Shaw, but they weren't in this race so far.*

 

[Potomac]

Maybe playing a Dane would be their best move Friday.

 

[Anderis]

Define success for EF in this year's tour.

My take: with investment in Carapaz they need a top 5 GC finish. And two stage wins from somebody along the way.

Now we can all see that it was a very optimistic take.

 

[Potomac]

Now we can all see that it was a very optimistic take.

it wasn't a prediction.

 

[Potomac]

So how bad is EF doing? How to measure?
Here is the PCS take on it...

What is the best performing team in Tour de France 2023?

Ranked on a combination of factors including stage wins, leader jerseys and stage results, UAE Team Emirates is the best performing team in Tour de France 2023. Jumbo-Visma is second and third is Alpecin - Deceuninck.

www.procyclingstats.com

#	Team	Score		Best in GC	Stages	GC	Points	KOM	Youth	Top3	Top10
1	UAE Team Emirates	714		2	3	4	1	-	20	8	20
2	Jumbo-Visma	640		1	1	15	-	1	-	8	20
3	Alpecin-Deceuninck	600		57	4	-	17	-	-	5	7
4	Bahrain - Victorious	430		6	3	-	-	-	-	8	14
5	Cofidis	265		10	2	-	2	-	-	2	11
6	INEOS Grenadiers	256		5	2	-	-	-	-	2	9
7	Lidl - Trek	240		29	1	-	-	6	-	2	14
8	AG2R Citroën Team	200		8	1	-	-	1	-	5	7
9	BORA - hansgrohe	165		7	1	1	-	-	-	1	11
10	Team Jayco AlUla	162		4	-	-	-	-	-	3	15
11	EF Education-EasyPost	145		66	-	-	-	12	-	-	5
12	Soudal - Quick Step	135		33	1	-	-	-	-	2	5
13	Israel - Premier Tech	130		35	1	-	-	-	-	1	7
14	Lotto Dstny	90		59	-	-	-	-	-	4	6
15	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	80		30	-	-	-	-	-	2	10
16	TotalEnergies	75		31	-	-	-	-	-	3	6
17	Astana Qazaqstan Team	50		34	-	-	-	-	-	1	7
18	Groupama - FDJ	40		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
19	Intermarché - Circus - Wanty	40		47	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
20	Movistar Team	40		37	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
21	Team Arkéa Samsic	35		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
22	Team dsm - firmenich	20		46	-	-	-	-	-	-

 

[SHAD0W93]

So how bad is EF doing? How to measure?
Here is the PCS take on it...

What is the best performing team in Tour de France 2023?

Ranked on a combination of factors including stage wins, leader jerseys and stage results, UAE Team Emirates is the best performing team in Tour de France 2023. Jumbo-Visma is second and third is Alpecin - Deceuninck.

www.procyclingstats.com

#	Team	Score		Best in GC	Stages	GC	Points	KOM	Youth	Top3	Top10
1	UAE Team Emirates	714		2	3	4	1	-	20	8	20
2	Jumbo-Visma	640		1	1	15	-	1	-	8	20
3	Alpecin-Deceuninck	600		57	4	-	17	-	-	5	7
4	Bahrain - Victorious	430		6	3	-	-	-	-	8	14
5	Cofidis	265		10	2	-	2	-	-	2	11
6	INEOS Grenadiers	256		5	2	-	-	-	-	2	9
7	Lidl - Trek	240		29	1	-	-	6	-	2	14
8	AG2R Citroën Team	200		8	1	-	-	1	-	5	7
9	BORA - hansgrohe	165		7	1	1	-	-	-	1	11
10	Team Jayco AlUla	162		4	-	-	-	-	-	3	15
11	EF Education-EasyPost	145		66	-	-	-	12	-	-	5
12	Soudal - Quick Step	135		33	1	-	-	-	-	2	5
13	Israel - Premier Tech	130		35	1	-	-	-	-	1	7
14	Lotto Dstny	90		59	-	-	-	-	-	4	6
15	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	80		30	-	-	-	-	-	2	10
16	TotalEnergies	75		31	-	-	-	-	-	3	6
17	Astana Qazaqstan Team	50		34	-	-	-	-	-	1	7
18	Groupama - FDJ	40		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
19	Intermarché - Circus - Wanty	40		47	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
20	Movistar Team	40		37	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
21	Team Arkéa Samsic	35		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
22	Team dsm - firmenich	20		46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cort was disappointing but they could have did better if Chaves and Carapaz didn’t crash out.

 

[Potomac]

Now that it is August 1st and transfers can be confirmed the PCS transfer pages lists:

Magnus Cort is gone. (dammit)

Rafferty and Ryan are in.

 

[Potomac]

According to PCS, these are the riders not inked to ride in 2024.

#	Rider	Goes to
1	AMADOR Andrey
2	BETTIOL Alberto
3	CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
4	CAMARGO Diego Andrés
5	CARTHY Hugh
6	CORT Magnus	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
7	DOULL Owain
8	EIKING Odd Christian
9	KEUKELEIRE Jens
10	KUDUS Merhawi
11	QUINN Sean
12	SCULLY Tom
13	SHAW James
14	STEINHAUSER Georg
15	VAN DEN BERG Julius
16	VAN DEN BERG Marijn
17	WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz

 

[Bolder]

Now that it is August 1st and transfers can be confirmed the PCS transfer pages lists:

Magnus Cort is gone. (dammit)

Rafferty and Ryan are in.

Cort is a terrific rider who should be a points machine for Uno. Will miss him in pink.

 

[Anderis]

Rafferty and Ryan are in.

Jardi Christiaan van der Lee has also been officially confirmed and Markel Beloki has not been confirmed but reported by multiple sources.

 

[Potomac]

Winless in July, but a victory everyday so far in August.

 

[Anderis]

Tomorrow Bissegger wins ITT in Poland to continue the streak.

 

[Tim Cahill]

EF's 2023 if The Tour didn't exist

 

[Anderis]

I counted 13 EF riders on the WC RR startlist.

 

[Potomac]

I counted 13 EF riders on the WC RR startlist.

With that many, one them has to win it.

Bettiol
Bissegger
Caicedo
Cepeda
Cort
Doull
Healy
Honore
Kudus
Powless
Quinn
Rutsch
Uran

Todome - (EF Education-NIPPO Development Team)

 

[Escarabajo]

Bettiol and Cort in a good day. It is not mountainous enough for Healy.

 

[Anderis]

Bettiol and Cort in a good day.

With Cort's record in the classics in recent years, it would be a huge surprise if he came even remotely close to winning.

 

[Anderis]

Powless, however, is totally unpredictable in any one day race and it wouldn't surprise me if he is in the mix like he was in Leuven. His weakness is that he's gonna lose almost any sprint with the other guys who should be strong on this route.

 

[RedheadDane]

With Cort's record in the classics in recent years, it would be a huge surprise if he came even remotely close to winning.

Especially since the Danish team also includes guys like Pedersen and Asgreen.

 

[ManicJack]

Powless, however, is totally unpredictable in any one day race and it wouldn't surprise me if he is in the mix like he was in Leuven. His weakness is that he's gonna lose almost any sprint with the other guys who should be strong on this route.

The winner of this race is going to have to do about 250 sprints out of corners on the circuit. As much as I'd like to see Powless pull a result, I'm not sure if this course is for him.