Teams & Riders EF Pro Cycling

[Potomac]

Start list for Catalunya, per PCS

• 151 CARAPAZ Richard
• 152 CHAVES Esteban
• 153 URÁN Rigoberto
• 154 CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander
• 155 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
• 156 CARR Simon
• 157 AMADOR Andrey

So it's Carapaz and all the guys they got to make him happy.

 

[Oldermanish]

Neillson made a strong case for his future today. If EF doesn't f*ck him up.....

 

[Potomac]

Maybe Carapaz isn't going to walk on water after all.
For all my moaning about Uran getting old last year, he still looks like he might get some WT wins this year.

 

[Potomac]

111 BETTIOL Alberto
112 BISSEGGER Stefan
113 SCULLY Tom
114 HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich
115 WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz
116 POWLESS Neilson
117 VAN DEN BERG Julius


I like the looks of it, despite the absence of the mustached one.

 

[Potomac]

RVV results.

They gotta be happy with this.

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt	Time
5	POWLESS Neilson	EF Education-EasyPost	360	100	1:12
29	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	30	11	6:09
33	DOULL Owain	EF Education-EasyPost	15	7	,,
39	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	EF Education-EasyPost	15	5	,,
53	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Education-EasyPost	10	5	8:03
74	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education-EasyPost		5	14:10
DNF	SCULLY Tom

 

[triley36]

For the first time maybe since Bettiol’s RVV win, I thought the team was outstanding in a cobbled race. Rutsch was far and away the strongest from the early break and Powless did great to get ahead to him. The rest of the team was prominent in the peloton behind until the big guns started firing. Would have been interesting if Bettiol had been healthy and in that group. Maybe he is able to sit on Pog and Van der Poel? Probably not, but in his best, he is one of the few with a chance. At the end of the day, legs matter. Strategy and execution were both spot on, but Pog and Van der Poel were just way better than the rest today.

 

[Potomac]

• 81 CARAPAZ Richard
• 82 AMADOR Andrey
• 83 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
• 84 CHAVES Esteban
• 85 EIKING Odd Christian
• 86 KUDUS Merhawi
• 87 URÁN Rigoberto

Basque Country start list.

It looks pretty serious.

 

[Potomac]

Well I had been hoping for decent results at the Basque Country. But the the wacky incident at the finish cost both carapaz and uran too much time.

 

[Potomac]

What do EF fans make of this provisional start list for PR from PCS?

• SCULLY Tom
• VAN DEN BERG Marijn
• RUTSCH Jonas
• VAN DEN BERG Julius
• DOULL Owain
• SHAW James
• KEUKELEIRE Jens

It leaves me cold. I"m staring at it and don't see anything.

 

[yaco]

It is much better than the Jayco Alula line up for both men's and women's.

 

[triley36]

What do EF fans make of this provisional start list for PR from PCS?

• SCULLY Tom
• VAN DEN BERG Marijn
• RUTSCH Jonas
• VAN DEN BERG Julius
• DOULL Owain
• SHAW James
• KEUKELEIRE Jens

It leaves me cold. I"m staring at it and don't see anything.

I don’t think it’s a bad lineup given the current team composition.
Rutsch has shown in the past that he can make it deep into the race, and I’m excited to see what M. Van den berg can do. Really the only name missing that might add something is Bissegger. Bettiol is sick and Powless is probably too light to be great on the Pave (I know Tour stage), but that is a different kettle of fish.

 

[tobydawq]

I don’t think it’s a bad lineup given the current team composition.
Rutsch has shown in the past that he can make it deep into the race, and I’m excited to see what M. Van den berg can do. Really the only name missing that might add something is Bissegger. Bettiol is sick and Powless is probably too light to be great on the Pave (I know Tour stage), but that is a different kettle of fish.

People always say this but where is the evidence? Why should there be a difference?

The sport has taken so many strides away from its past where everybody always just did what people used to do but 'you can't ride Roubaix if you're light' is for some reason an enduring myth even if we in the Tour see riders like Landa, Quintana, Ewan, etc. thriving on the pavé.

 

[triley36]

People always say this but where is the evidence? Why should there be a difference?

The sport has taken so many strides away from its past where everybody always just did what people used to do but 'you can't ride Roubaix if you're light' is for some reason an enduring myth even if we in the Tour see riders like Landa, Quintana, Ewan, etc. thriving on the pavé.

Powless is listed at 67 kilos. Count the number of sub 70 kilo riders who have been on the podium since 2000. I think it’s 5.

I do not mean to say it is impossible for him to do well in Paris Roubaix, I simply mean that Paris Roubaix is a much longer race with more and rougher cobbles than the tour stage. So one cannot assume that because he did well in the tour stage that he is destined for success at PR.

 

[search]

Really the only name missing that might add something is Bissegger. Bettiol is sick and Powless is probably too light to be great on the Pave (I know Tour stage), but that is a different kettle of fish.

Bissegger is out with a broken wrist, so he was no option either. Which is a shame, as Roubaix was his main goal.

 

[Valv.Piti]

• 81 CARAPAZ Richard
• 82 AMADOR Andrey
• 83 CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
• 84 CHAVES Esteban
• 85 EIKING Odd Christian
• 86 KUDUS Merhawi
• 87 URÁN Rigoberto

Basque Country start list.

It looks pretty serious.

They all just need 5% more and then they will be dangerous. I wonder if Chaves and Uran have it in them, but Carapaz certainly have. I love the look of the national champions and I really like their riding style, they are just not good enough for now unfortunately.

 

[Ricco']

Rutsch is my dark horse for a top-5 on sunday.

 

[Potomac]

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt	Time
33	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	15	7	5:36
59	DOULL Owain	EF Education-EasyPost	5	5	9:11
62	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Education-EasyPost		5	9:41
72	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	EF Education-EasyPost		5	12:52
84	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education-EasyPost		5	15:48
101	SCULLY Tom	EF Education-EasyPost		5	17:06
DNF	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost			-

Rutsch is my dark horse for a top-5 on sunday.

Rutsch was the best for EF, so you get some points for that.

 

[Escarabajo]

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt	Time
33	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Education-EasyPost	15	7	5:36
59	DOULL Owain	EF Education-EasyPost	5	5	9:11
62	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Education-EasyPost		5	9:41
72	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	EF Education-EasyPost		5	12:52
84	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education-EasyPost		5	15:48
101	SCULLY Tom	EF Education-EasyPost		5	17:06
DNF	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost			-

Rutsch was the best for EF, so you get some points for that.

15 points according to the UCI.

 

[Potomac]

Amstel startlist per PCS

• CARAPAZ Richard
• HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich
• PICCOLO Andrea
• POWLESS Neilson
• QUINN Sean
• SHAW James
• VAN DEN BERG Julius

I like it. Carapaz and Powless could top 10.

Piccolo was a uci point ATM for EF in the relegation battle at the end of last year, but his stats have been very quiet so far in 2023.

I"m rooting for Quinn, but he needs to start getting better results.

 

[SafeBet]

That can't be the official selection. Healy has to be included after his performance in Brabantse.
Both Piccolo and Honore have been very meh compared to the expectations coming into the season.

 

[Potomac]

That can't be the official selection. Healy has to be included after his performance in Brabantse.
Both Piccolo and Honore have been very meh compared to the expectations coming into the season.

It is just what PCS has at the moment. EF site and their twitter doesn't have anything just yet.

And yes, I want to see Healy.

 

[search]

Healy yesterday said that he'd do "the rest of the Ardennes" before preparing for the Giro then, so he should definitely be around on Sunday.

 

[Sciatic]

Healy yesterday said that he'd do "the rest of the Ardennes" before preparing for the Giro then, so he should definitely be around on Sunday.

Or maybe he’s a geographic pedant and refuses to accept Amstel as an “Ardennes” classic since the route barely touches that region?

 

[Monte Serra]

Or maybe he’s a geographic pendant and refuses to accept Amstel as an “Ardennes” classic since the route barely touches that region?

Or rather a geographic pedant? #pedantic

 

[Sciatic]

Or rather a geographic pedant? #pedantic

Yes indeed