EF Education-EasyPost confirm 29-man squad for 2025 season: "We’ve got lots of upside riders... It’s time for them to start producing"

In around a month a half, the 2025 World Tour season is already set to get underway in Australia with the Tour Down Under. For EF Education-EasyPost and team boss Jonathan Vaughters it's set to be a big season as seven new signings revamp the squad for the upcoming campaign.

In total, 29 riders have been secured by the team for the coming year and it seems that EF Education-EasyPost are content to leave the 30th and final spot open in case of emergency. “This year we’ve demonstrated that the team is in a stable place and from that position we can now jump forward another notch. We’ve pulled off some pretty impressive results in 2024 and made big splashes. We had peaks here and there but there wasn’t that consistent foundation going into each race. In 2025 we’re going to go into a lot more races with defined goals and realistic aims because our foundations are stronger,” says Vaughters in an official press release on his team's website.

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In new signings Vincenzo Albanese, Kasper Asgreen, Samuele Battistella, Alex Baudin, Alastair MacKellar, Madis Mihkels and Max Walker, the EF team undergoes a big refresh. “I think that Alex will be our breakout rider next year,” says Vaughters. “I’m confident that he’ll produce some very surprising results. His style is super aggressive, he doesn’t hold back, and he’s a GC rider who isn’t afraid to attack and put it all on the line. He’s built in more robustness with another grand tour under his belt in 2024, so next season he could take that to the next level.”

“With Kasper, our job is to help him get back to the level he was at in 2021 when he won Flanders and recapture that magic," the American team boss continues. "He’s a really intelligent rider and has already adjusted to making improvements. You could see that with his sixth place at the worlds. He’s very quickly coming back to that highest level and the indications are that he fit in nicely at team camp.”

“We’ve got lots of upside riders I’m looking forward to seeing next season, riders like Lukas Nerurkar, Darren Rafferty, Archie Ryan and others who used this year to adapt to the needs of the WorldTour. Next year, it’s time for them to start producing. I think they’re all ready to do that,” Vaughters adds. “The existing core of the team, riders like Richie, Neilson, Ben, Georg, Sean, and Rui all had their moments this year. They’ll be just as important to us in 2025.”

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EF Education-EasyPost squad for 2025 season

Vincenzo Albanese (28)
Kasper Asgreen (29)
Samuele Battistella (26)
Alex Baudin (23)
Markel Beloki (19)
Richard Carapaz (31)
Hugh Carthy (30)
Alexander Cepeda (26)
Esteban Chaves (34)
Rui Costa (38)
Owain Doull (31)
Ben Healy (24)
Mikkel Honoré (27)
Alastair MacKellar (22)
Madis Mihkels (21)
Lukas Nerurkar (21)
Neilson Powless (28)
Sean Quinn (24)
Darren Rafferty (21)
Jack Rootkin-Gray (22)
Archie Ryan (23)
James Shaw (28)
Georg Steinhauser (23)
Harry Sweeny (26)
Yuhi Todome (22)
Michael Valgren (32)
Marijn van den Berg (25)
Jardi van der Lee (23)
Max Walker (23)