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[Sciatic]

The classics have already been priority for Powless for a long time. The sheer fact that he rode cobbled races last spring and how packed his early season calendar was confirms that. While his performance in stage races can be inconsistent, his 2023 TdF form was much worse than his usual form in stage races.

He had really good form at the start of the season and through the spring. Probably not surprising he didn’t have the same form in July.

 

[Anderis]

He had really good form at the start of the season and through the spring. Probably not surprising he didn’t have the same form in July.

I think he suffered from the crashes during the Ardennes campaign, which I think affected his training preparation for TdF and his form didn't recover until San Sebastian.

It's not so much that his TdF form wasn't his peak form, it was the worst Powless I've seen in a long time.

 

[Potomac]

That means all of the most important riders except Cort and M. Van den Berg are already confirmed to stay. Hopefully the latter will remain with the team as well.

So according to PCS these current EF riders are not under contract for anyone next season

AMADOR Andrey

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

CAMARGO Diego Andrés

DOULL Owain

EIKING Odd Christian

KEUKELEIRE Jens

KUDUS Merhawi

QUINN Sean

SCULLY Tom

SHAW James

STEINHAUSER Georg

VAN DEN BERG Julius

VAN DEN BERG Marijn

WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz

 

[Unchained]

So according to PCS these current EF riders are not under contract for anyone next season

AMADOR Andrey

CAICEDO Jonathan Klever

CAMARGO Diego Andrés

DOULL Owain

EIKING Odd Christian

KEUKELEIRE Jens

KUDUS Merhawi

QUINN Sean

SCULLY Tom

SHAW James

STEINHAUSER Georg

VAN DEN BERG Julius

VAN DEN BERG Marijn

WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz

Wow that's a big list..management as disappointed with EF results as I was

 

[laarsland]

FirstCycling has Steinhauser down for 2024.

Of the remaining I'd reckon the following will stay on:
Amador
Caicedo
Doull
Eiking
Quinn
Shaw
Julius van den Berg
Marijn van den Berg- unless he's been poached (which I see as only candidate of these)

 

[Anderis]

Wow that's a big list..management as disappointed with EF results as I was

It's actually riders with 2024 contracts that underdelivered the most compared to expectations- Carapaz, Piccolo, Honore, Chaves, Uran...

FirstCycling has Steinhauser down for 2024.

Of the remaining I'd reckon the following will stay on:
Amador
Caicedo
Doull
Eiking
Quinn
Shaw
Julius van den Berg
Marijn van den Berg- unless he's been poached (which I see as only candidate of these)

That's assuming there are no more outside signings on the way, but I'm not sure about that because there have been rumours about a few others like Markel Beloki and Harry Sweeny.

It wouldn't surprise me if Eiking left.

Amador is Carapaz' friend and I think that's the best he has going for him ATM because on performance alone he didn't really deserve a contract extension IMO.

M. Van den Berg would be the biggest loss so hopefully they'll keep him. Quinn and Shaw are riders definetely worth keeping too but some of the remaining spots surely will go to riders preferring flatter races because there's few too few of them under contract right now. Doull had a decent season so I would like to keep him but TBH I would like to see at least 2 outside signings in that department- one guy who can add strength to cobbled races and one guy who can sprint. But looking at everything, my wish is unlikely to come true. It feels like there's no way so many of current riders are going to leave to make place for even more new signings as EF is already bringing 5 neo-pros as of confirmed transfers by now + Valgren is coming back.

 

[RedheadDane]

FirstCycling has Steinhauser down for 2024.

EF did announce his extension earlier today.
Or, well... the extension of his contract...

Georg Steinhauser renews with EF Education-EasyPost | EF Education-EasyPost

"I enjoy racing and I want to race and perform at the highest level that I can possibly reach."

efprocycling.com

 

[Potomac]

EF did announce his extension earlier today.
Or, well... the extension of his contract...

Sounds like somebody needs her gears oiled.

 

[Unchained]

It's actually riders with 2024 contracts that underdelivered the most compared to expectations- Carapaz, Piccolo, Honore, Chaves, Uran...


That's assuming there are no more outside signings on the way, but I'm not sure about that because there have been rumours about a few others like Markel Beloki and Harry Sweeny.

It wouldn't surprise me if Eiking left.

Amador is Carapaz' friend and I think that's the best he has going for him ATM because on performance alone he didn't really deserve a contract extension IMO.

M. Van den Berg would be the biggest loss so hopefully they'll keep him. Quinn and Shaw are riders definetely worth keeping too but some of the remaining spots surely will go to riders preferring flatter races because there's few too few of them under contract right now. Doull had a decent season so I would like to keep him but TBH I would like to see at least 2 outside signings in that department- one guy who can add strength to cobbled races and one guy who can sprint. But looking at everything, my wish is unlikely to come true. It feels like there's no way so many of current riders are going to leave to make place for even more new signings as EF is already bringing 5 neo-pros as of confirmed transfers by now + Valgren is coming back.

Very confused about what Uran and Chavez bring to the table both are solid riders but not too dynamic or punchy don't see them off the front for a win in stage races or significant 1 day events.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sounds like somebody needs her gears oiled.

Because I pointed out there's a good reason FirstCycling has him down at EF for next year?

 

[Potomac]

Healey a bright spot at Tour de Lux today.

I'm happy he won the Irish NC, but my color vision is deficient and that color scheme on his jersey just makes it hard for me to spot him.

 

[janraaskalt]

Marijn VDB staying according to himself: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/marijn-van-den-berg-verlengt-contract-bij-ef-education-easypost/

 

[Bolder]

I think he suffered from the crashes during the Ardennes campaign, which I think affected his training preparation for TdF and his form didn't recover until San Sebastian.

It's not so much that his TdF form wasn't his peak form, it was the worst Powless I've seen in a long time.

And yet he still had a pretty good WCRR on what was by all accounts a brutally hard course. Not sure why he was bad in the tour.

 

[laarsland]

Because I pointed out there's a good reason FirstCycling has him down at EF for next year?

FC being more accurate than PCS is not an uncommon occurance (c:=

 

[RedheadDane]

FC being more accurate than PCS is not an uncommon occurance (c:=

PCS has him at EF now, so yesterday they probably just hadn't seen the announcement.

 

[laarsland]

PCS has him at EF now, so yesterday they probably just hadn't seen the announcement.

Thanks for underlining the point!

 

[RedheadDane]

Thanks for underlining the point!

Lots of transfers to keep track of; not that shocking that a minor rider's extension isn't immediately noticed.

 

[Anderis]

And yet he still had a pretty good WCRR on what was by all accounts a brutally hard course. Not sure why he was bad in the tour.

As I said, my hypothesis is that the Ardennes crashes disrupted his form and TdF preparations, but with TdF in his legs, his form came back later. Not uncommon for riders to be in good form 1-2 weeks after completing a GT.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Marijn VDB staying according to himself: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/marijn-van-den-berg-verlengt-contract-bij-ef-education-easypost/

Good. That guy has been useful.

 

[Anderis]

If the merger between QS and JV goes through as rumoured, I will be very disappointed if EF doesn't pick up someone decent to bolster their sprinting/northern classics squad. But I actually expect that they won't.

 

[SafeBet]

24th win of the season with Carr in Langkawi. Ammatipyoraili on Twitter reports EF didn't have so many wins in a season since 2011.
Haven't checked if true, but all in all I would consider it a good season, despite some of their top riders underperforming.

 

[Anderis]

24th win of the season with Carr in Langkawi. Ammatipyoraili on Twitter reports EF didn't have so many wins in a season since 2011.
Haven't checked if true, but all in all I would consider it a good season, despite some of their top riders underperforming.

I think the number of wins is largely due to targetting smaller races a lot more this year, not due to the team performing better.

The number of WT wins paints a largely different picture:
2023: 4
2022: 3
2021: 11
2020: 8
2019: 4

Carr and Cepeda have had good seasons, though. And Van der Lee's first appearance in EF's colours was promising today.

 

[yaco]

Some of the teams near the bottom of the WT ranking missed the boat by not targetting this race - For example, DSM could have sent Onley or Jayco could have sent Pena/Berhe - And these same types of teams should be riding the Tour of Turkey.

 

[Potomac]

I think the number of wins is largely due to targetting smaller races a lot more this year, not due to the team performing better.

The number of WT wins paints a largely different picture:
2023: 4
2022: 3
2021: 11
2020: 8
2019: 4

Carr and Cepeda have had good seasons, though. And Van der Lee's first appearance in EF's colours was promising today.

That is an eye popping list.
I had to go investigate 2021 to remind myself.
Magnus Cort with 4 WT wins
Bissegger with 3 WT wins

Nr.	Race	Class	Winner	Date
11	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 19	2.UWT	CORT Magnus	2021-09-03
10	Benelux Tour | Stage 2 (ITT)	2.UWT	BISSEGGER Stefan	2021-08-31
9	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 12	2.UWT	CORT Magnus	2021-08-26
8	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 6	2.UWT	CORT Magnus	2021-08-19
7	Tour de Pologne | Stage 7	2.UWT	VAN DEN BERG Julius	2021-08-15
6	Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa	1.UWT	POWLESS Neilson	2021-07-31
5	Tour de Suisse | Stage 7 (ITT)	2.UWT	URÁN Rigoberto	2021-06-12
4	Tour de Suisse | Stage 4	2.UWT	BISSEGGER Stefan	2021-06-09
3	Giro d'Italia | Stage 18	2.UWT	BETTIOL Alberto	2021-05-27
2	Paris - Nice | Stage 8	2.UWT	CORT Magnus	2021-03-14
1	Paris - Nice | Stage 3 (ITT)	2.UWT	BISSEGGER Stefan	2021-03-09

 

[Potomac]

However, EF is earning important points to stay above relegation.