2021 EF Education–Nippo season
Cycling team season
The 2021 season for the EF Education–Nippo team was its thirteen season as a UCI WorldTeam and its nineteenth overall. For this season, Japanese construction company Nippo Corporation , which had sponsored French UCI ProTeam Nippo–Delko–One Provence last season, joined the team as a co-title sponsor, as did several of the French team's riders.[ 1]
Team roster
As of June 15, 2021.[ 2] [ 3]
Rider
Date of birth
Daniel Arroyave (COL )
(2000-06-19 ) June 19, 2000 (aged 20)
Will Barta (USA )
(1996-01-04 ) January 4, 1996 (aged 24)
Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN )
(1983-04-10 ) April 10, 1983 (aged 37)
Alberto Bettiol (ITA )
(1993-10-29 ) October 29, 1993 (aged 27)
Stefan Bissegger (SUI )
(1998-09-13 ) September 13, 1998 (aged 22)
Jonathan Caicedo (ECU )
(1993-04-28 ) April 28, 1993 (aged 27)
Diego Camargo (COL )
(1998-05-03 ) May 3, 1998 (aged 22)
Simon Carr (GBR )
(1998-08-29 ) August 29, 1998 (aged 22)
Hugh Carthy (GBR )
(1994-07-09 ) July 9, 1994 (aged 26)
Magnus Cort (DEN )
(1993-01-16 ) January 16, 1993 (aged 27)
Lawson Craddock (USA )
(1992-02-20 ) February 20, 1992 (aged 28)
Mitchell Docker (AUS )
(1986-10-02 ) October 2, 1986 (aged 34)
Julien El Fares (FRA )
(1985-06-01 ) June 1, 1985 (aged 35)
Ruben Guerreiro (POR )
(1994-07-06 ) July 6, 1994 (aged 26)
Sergio Higuita (COL )
(1997-08-01 ) August 1, 1997 (aged 23)
Rider
Date of birth
Moreno Hofland (NED )
(1991-08-31 ) August 31, 1991 (aged 29)
Alex Howes (USA )
(1988-01-01 ) January 1, 1988 (aged 33)
Jens Keukeleire (BEL )
(1988-11-23 ) November 23, 1988 (aged 32)
Sebastian Langeveld (NED )
(1985-01-17 ) January 17, 1985 (aged 35)
Lachlan Morton (AUS )
(1992-01-02 ) January 2, 1992 (aged 28)
Hideto Nakane (JPN )
(1990-05-02 ) May 2, 1990 (aged 30)
Logan Owen (USA )
(1995-03-23 ) March 23, 1995 (aged 25)
Neilson Powless (USA )
(1996-09-03 ) September 3, 1996 (aged 24)
Jonas Rutsch (GER )
(1998-01-24 ) January 24, 1998 (aged 22)
Tom Scully (NZL )
(1990-01-14 ) January 14, 1990 (aged 30)
Rigoberto Urán (COL )
(1987-01-26 ) January 26, 1987 (aged 33)
Michael Valgren (DEN )
(1992-02-07 ) February 7, 1992 (aged 28)
Julius van den Berg (NED )
(1996-10-23 ) October 23, 1996 (aged 24)
Tejay van Garderen [ a] (USA )
(1988-08-12 ) August 12, 1988 (aged 32)
James Whelan (AUS )
(1996-07-11 ) July 11, 1996 (aged 24)
Riders who joined the team for the 2021 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2020 season
Season victories
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
Ref.
March 9
Paris–Nice , Stage 3 (ITT )
UCI World Tour
Stefan Bissegger (SUI )
France
Gien
[ 31]
March 14
Paris–Nice , Stage 8
UCI World Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
France
Levens
[ 32]
May 27
Giro d'Italia , Stage 18
UCI World Tour
Alberto Bettiol (ITA )
Italy
Stradella
[ 33] [ 34]
June 9
Tour de Suisse , Stage 4
UCI World Tour
Stefan Bissegger (SUI )
Switzerland
Gstaad
[ 35]
June 12
Tour de Suisse , Stage 7 (ITT )
UCI World Tour
Rigoberto Urán (COL )
Switzerland
Andermatt
[ 36]
June 13
Tour de Suisse , Points classification
UCI World Tour
Stefan Bissegger (SUI )
Switzerland
[ 37]
June 13
Route d'Occitanie , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
France
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
[ 38] [ 39]
June 13
Route d'Occitanie , Young rider classification
UCI Europe Tour
Simon Carr (GBR )
France
[ 39]
July 31
Clásica de San Sebastián
UCI World Tour
Neilson Powless (USA )
Spain
San Sebastián
[ 40]
August 7
Vuelta a Burgos , Stage 5
UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries
Hugh Carthy (GBR )
Spain
Lagunas de Neila [es ]
[ 41]
August 15
Tour de Pologne , Stage 7
UCI World Tour
Julius van den Berg (NED )
Poland
Kraków
[ 42]
August 19
Vuelta a España , Stage 6
UCI World Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
Spain
Alto de Cullera
[ 43] [ 44]
August 26
Vuelta a España , Stage 12
UCI World Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
Spain
Córdoba
[ 45] [ 46]
August 31
Benelux Tour , Stage 2 (ITT )
UCI World Tour
Stefan Bissegger (SUI )
Netherlands
Lelystad
[ 47]
September 3
Vuelta a España , Stage 19
UCI World Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
Spain
Monforte de Lemos
[ 48] [ 49]
September 5
Vuelta a España , Super-combativity award
UCI World Tour
Magnus Cort (DEN )
Spain
[ 50] [ 51]
September 15
Giro della Toscana
UCI Europe Tour
Michael Valgren (DEN )
Italy
Pontedera
[ 52]
September 16
Coppa Sabatini
UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries
Michael Valgren (DEN )
Italy
Peccioli
[ 53]
National, Continental, and World Champions
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