2019 EF Education First season

The 2019 season for the EF Education First cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

EF Education First
2019 season
UCI codeEFD
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerJonathan Vaughters
Main sponsor(s)Cannondale
BasedBoulder, Colorado, United States
BicyclesCannondale
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race stages10
National Championships4
Jersey
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Team roster

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As of January 27, 2019.[1][2]
Rider Date of birth
  Sean Bennett (USA) (1996-03-31)March 31, 1996 (aged 22)
  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (1993-10-29)October 29, 1993 (aged 25)
  Matti Breschel (DEN) (1984-08-31)August 31, 1984 (aged 34)
  Nathan Brown (USA) (1991-07-07)July 7, 1991 (aged 27)
  Jonathan Caicedo (ECU) (1993-04-28)April 28, 1993 (aged 25)
  Hugh Carthy (GBR) (1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 24)
  Simon Clarke (AUS) (1986-07-18)July 18, 1986 (aged 32)
  Lawson Craddock (USA) (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 (aged 26)
  Mitchell Docker (AUS) (1986-10-02)October 2, 1986 (aged 32)
  Joe Dombrowski (USA) (1991-05-12)May 12, 1991 (aged 27)
  Moreno Hofland (NED) (1991-08-31)August 31, 1991 (aged 27)
  Alex Howes (USA) (1988-01-01)January 1, 1988 (aged 31)
  Tanel Kangert (EST) (1987-03-11)March 11, 1987 (aged 31)
  Sebastian Langeveld (NED) (1985-01-17)January 17, 1985 (aged 34)
Rider Date of birth
  Daniel Martínez (COL) (1996-04-25)April 25, 1996 (aged 22)
  Daniel McLay (GBR) (1992-01-03)January 3, 1992 (aged 27)
  Sacha Modolo (ITA) (1987-06-19)June 19, 1987 (aged 31)
  Lachlan Morton (AUS) (1992-01-02)January 2, 1992 (aged 27)
  Logan Owen (USA) (1995-03-23)March 23, 1995 (aged 23)
  Taylor Phinney (USA) (1990-06-27)June 27, 1990 (aged 28)
  Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14)January 14, 1990 (aged 29)
  Rigoberto Urán (COL) (1987-01-26)January 26, 1987 (aged 32)
  Julius van den Berg (NED) (1996-10-23)October 23, 1996 (aged 22)
  Tejay van Garderen (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 30)
  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (1988-07-28)July 28, 1988 (aged 30)
  James Whelan (AUS) (1996-07-11)July 11, 1996 (aged 22)
  Michael Woods (CAN) (1986-10-12)October 12, 1986 (aged 32)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
30 January Herald Sun Tour, Stage 1 UCI Oceania Tour   Daniel McLay (GBR)   Australia Phillip Island
31 January Herald Sun Tour, Stage 2 UCI Oceania Tour   Michael Woods (CAN)   Australia Churchill
12 February Tour Colombia, Stage 1 (TTT) UCI America Tour [N 1]   Colombia Medellín
17 February Tour Colombia, Teams classification UCI America Tour [N 2]   Colombia
17 February Tour de la Provence, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Simon Clarke (AUS)   France
22 February Tour du Haut Var, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)   France Mandelieu-la-Napoule
16 March Paris–Nice, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Daniel Martínez (COL)   France Col de Turini
19 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 3]   Italy
7 April Tour of Flanders UCI World Tour   Alberto Bettiol (ITA)   Belgium Oudenaarde
5 May Tour de Romandie, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 4]   Switzerland
18 May Tour of California, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5]   United States
23 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 UCI World Tour   Hugh Carthy (GBR)    Switzerland Ulrichen
23 June Tour de Suisse, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Hugh Carthy (GBR)    Switzerland
17 August Tour of Utah, Stage 5 UCI America Tour   Lachlan Morton (AUS)   United States Canyons Village
18 August Tour of Utah, Stage 6 UCI America Tour   Joe Dombrowski (USA)   United States Park City
1 September Bretagne Classic Ouest-France UCI World Tour   Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)   France Plouay
12 September Vuelta a España, Stage 12 UCI World Tour   Sergio Higuita (COL)   Spain Becerril de la Sierra
9 October Milano–Torino UCI Europe Tour   Michael Woods (CAN)   Italy Torino
18 October Tour of Guangxi, Stage 2 UCI World Tour   Daniel McLay (GBR)   China Qinzhou

National, Continental and World champions

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
1 February Colombian National Time Trial Championships
 
  Daniel Martínez (COL)   Colombia Villavicencio
22 June Ecuadorian National Time Trial Championships
 
  Jonathan Caicedo (ECU)   Ecuador
23 June Ecuadorian National Road Race Championships
 
  Jonathan Caicedo (ECU)   Ecuador
30 June United States National Road Race Championships
 
  Alex Howes (USA)   United States Knoxville

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Videla, Franco (January 17, 2019). "EF-Drapac cede a Sergio Higuita a la Fundación Euskadi" [EF-Drapac hands over Sergio Higuita to the Euskadi Foundation]. Ciclismo Internacional (in Spanish). Pablo Martín Palermo. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "EF Education First-Drapac sign Sean Bennett". Cyclingnews.com. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Bettiol returns to Slipstream 'family' with EF Education First-Drapac". Cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "EF Education First-Drapac sign former Ecuadorian TT champion Jonathan Caicedo". Cyclingnews.com. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Hofland signs two-year contract with EF Education First-Drapac". Cyclingnews.com. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Estonian time trial champion Tanel Kangert signs with #PinkArgyle for 2019". efprocycling.com. 23 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Lachlan Morton returns to EF Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Van Garderen signs for EF Education First-Drapac". Cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. ^ "EF-Drapac sign U23 Tour of Flanders winner Whelan". Cyclingnews.com. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Riders with no team next year". procyclingstats. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Matteo Montaguti and Julian Cardona to join Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec in 2019". cyclingpub.com. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Trek-Segafredo sign Kirsch and Will Clarke through 2020". Cyclingnews.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Cycling transfers 2019". velon.cc. 19 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Pierre Rolland signs for Vital Concept". Cyclingnews.com. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Van Asbroeck signs with Israel Cycling Academy". Cyclingnews.com. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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