2021 EF Education–Nippo season

The 2021 season for the EF Education–Nippo team is its thirteen season as a UCI WorldTeam and its nineteenth overall. For this season, Japanese company Nippo, 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]

EF Education–Nippo
2021 season
UCI codeEFN
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerJonathan Vaughters
Main sponsor(s)Cannondale, EF Education First, Nippo
Based Boulder, Colorado, United States
BicyclesCannondale
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race stages12
National Championships1
Jersey

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[lower-alpha 1] (USA) (1988-08-12)August 12, 1988 (aged 32)
 James Whelan (AUS) (1996-07-11)July 11, 1996 (aged 24)

Season victories
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
March 9Paris–Nice, Stage 3 (ITT)UCI World Tour Stefan Bissegger (SUI) FranceGien
March 14Paris–Nice, Stage 8UCI World Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) FranceLevens
May 27Giro d'Italia, Stage 18UCI World Tour Alberto Bettiol (ITA) ItalyStradella
June 9Tour de Suisse, Stage 4UCI World Tour Stefan Bissegger (SUI)  SwitzerlandGstaad
June 12Tour de Suisse, Stage 7 (ITT)UCI World Tour Rigoberto Urán (COL)  SwitzerlandAndermatt
June 13Tour de Suisse, Points classificationUCI World Tour Stefan Bissegger (SUI)  Switzerland
June 13Route d'Occitanie, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) FranceDuilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
June 13Route d'Occitanie, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Simon Carr (GBR) France
July 31Clásica de San SebastiánUCI World Tour Neilson Powless (USA) SpainSan Sebastián
August 7Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 5UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		 Hugh Carthy (GBR) SpainLagunas de Neila
August 15Tour de Pologne, Stage 7UCI World Tour Julius van den Berg (NED) PolandKraków
August 19Vuelta a España, Stage 6UCI World Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) SpainAlto de Cullera
August 26Vuelta a España, Stage 12UCI World Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) SpainCórdoba
August 31Benelux Tour, Stage 2 (ITT)UCI World Tour Stefan Bissegger (SUI) NetherlandsLelystad
September 3Vuelta a España, Stage 19UCI World Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) SpainMonforte de Lemos
September 5Vuelta a España, Super-combativity awardUCI World Tour Magnus Cort (DEN) Spain
September 15Giro della ToscanaUCI Europe Tour Michael Valgren (DEN) ItalyPontedera
September 16Coppa SabatiniUCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries		 Michael Valgren (DEN) ItalyPeccioli

National, Continental and World champions
DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
June 17United States National Time Trial Championships
 Lawson Craddock (USA) United StatesKnoxville

Notes
  1. Tejay van Garderen retired after the United States National Road Race Championships on June 20.[4]

References
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  13. "Simon Carr joins the team". EF Pro Cycling. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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