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2021 EF Education–Nippo 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]

EF Education–Nippo
2021 season
UCI codeEFN
StatusUCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank16th
Manager Jonathan Vaughters (USA)
Main sponsor(s)
BasedUnited States Boulder, Colorado, United States
BicyclesCannondale
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race stages12
National Championships1
Most wins Magnus Cort (DEN) (6)
Best ranked rider Neilson Powless (USA) (52nd)
Jersey
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Team roster

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

Season victories

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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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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location Ref.
June 17 United States National Time Trial Championships     Lawson Craddock (USA)   United States Knoxville [54]

References

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