Teams & Riders EF Pro Cycling

[Anderis]

Is EF one of the first 3 teams to have confirmed their squad for Trofeo Calvia? According to PCS they are. What happened?

 

[Potomac]

Per PCS, these are the riders around for Mallorca

• -COSTA Rui
• -CARTHY Hugh
• -QUINN Sean
• -SHAW James
• -ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack
• -RYAN Archie
• -BATTISTELLA Samuele
• -VALGREN Michael
• -DOULL Owain
• -VAN DEN BERG Marijn
• -ALBANESE Vincenzo

Is EF one of the first 3 teams to have confirmed their squad for Trofeo Calvia? According to PCS they are. What happened?

PCS had those names up two weeks ago.
So the actual seven for Calvia are from that list.

 

[Anderis]

Another race and another non-result.

 

[Potomac]

Another race and another non-result.

They must be keeping their powder dry for the big races.

 

[Potomac]

I was just looking a Powless's stats for 2024,
He was off to a slow start that year but finnished strong about 90% of his 1,155 UCI points after the TdF.
So I hope that means he will carry that into this spring.

 

[Anderis]

Yet another race and yet another non result, althouugh this one was bound to happen when they brought no sprinters to a sprinters' race.

It still annoys me how many times they've brought no sprinters to a sprinters' race in recent years, though.

 

[Potomac]

Yet another race and yet another non result, althouugh this one was bound to happen when they brought no sprinters to a sprinters' race.

It still annoys me how many times they've brought no sprinters to a sprinters' race in recent years, though.

Their sprinter was busy in Mallorca today.

 

[tobydawq]

Amazing what it can do to your results if you send a sprinter to a sprinter's race instead of not doing so.

 

[Unchained]

EF looked very good, train was rolling, 4 pink jerseys in the front setting pace..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNO7QpX9xo&pp=ygUSTWFsbG9yY2EgMjAyNSByYWNl

 

[repre]

Van den Berg is always good at Mallorca. Issues are afterwards

 

[Potomac]

Amazing what it can do to your results if you send a sprinter to a sprinter's race instead of not doing so.

I think EF only has one sprinter when I look at the roster.

And in the post race interview Van den Berg said he isn't riding on Sunday, which is supposed to favor sprinters.

 

[Anderis]

Their sprinter was busy in Mallorca today.

They should have more than one fast finisher in 29 riders.

They kinda do with Albanese and Mihkels but neither of them rode the Australian races anyway.

 

[Anderis]

It seems that this year, EF is either winning or finishing outside top20 altogether, with the latter being far more frequent.

They have so many riders who could potentially thrive in those early season hilly races but for some reason it's not happening and they ride like if they were the weakest WT team by a margin. We'll see if they'll make up for it later in the season.

 

[Samamba]

Did they butcher my guy Albanese?

 

[Potomac]

Colby Simmons scores 3 UCI points today for EF

 

[Anderis]

Colby Simmons scores 3 UCI points today for EF

You overlooked how Chaves sneakily got EF's 2nd biggest result this year by unexpectedly finishing 11th in Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

 

[Potomac]

You overlooked how Chaves sneakily got EF's 2nd biggest result this year by unexpectedly finishing 11th in Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

UCI points so far this year

2025	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	125	-	-
2025	CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander	75	-	-
2025	CHAVES Esteban	60	-	-
2025	NERURKAR Lukas	21	-	-
2025	WALKER Max	8	-	-
2025	MACKELLAR Alastair	3	-	-
2025	ALBANESE Vincenzo	3

Cepeda's 2nd place in Ecuador national championships is the 2nd biggest result as far as UCI points go.

I was watch the Chaves live the other night though

 

[Anderis]

UCI points so far this year

2025	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	125	-	-
2025	CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander	75	-	-
2025	CHAVES Esteban	60	-	-
2025	NERURKAR Lukas	21	-	-
2025	WALKER Max	8	-	-
2025	MACKELLAR Alastair	3	-	-
2025	ALBANESE Vincenzo	3

Cepeda's 2nd place in Ecuador national championships is the 2nd biggest result as far as UCI points go.

I was watch the Chaves live the other night though

So Colby Simmons' 3 points don't seem to count. I thought so.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So Colby Simmons' 3 points don't seem to count. I thought so.

He's registered to the development team, so they don't count.