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The penultimate team to announce their Tour de France 2023 lineup, EF Education-EasyPost have revealed the eight riders tasked with bringing success to the American-based team.

Plenty of climbing quality is on show for EF Education-EasyPost at this year's edition of the race. Richard Carapaz will lead the charge as far as the general classification charge with support from fellow South American's Rigoberto Uran, Esteban Chaves and Andrey Amador .

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Giro d'Italia stage winner Magnus Cort Nielsen will be hoping to repeat his breakaway success once again, whilst Neilson Powless and James Shaw will also provide some quality climbing support for the leaders with Alberto Bettiol rounding out the 8-man lineup.

EF Education-EasyPost for the 2023 Tour de France:

Richard Carapaz, Rigoberto Uran, Esteban Chaves, Andrey Amador, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Neilson Powless, James Shaw and Alberto Bettiol.

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Powless takes the polka-dot jersey but Carapaz out after crash with Enric Mas

The EF Education-EasyPost team endured a bittersweet opening stage of the Tour de France , where the cruelty and joy of professional racing stood in stark contrast.

Richard Carapaz was caught up in a crash with Enric Mas (Movistar) that ended each rider’s overall hopes for this year’s race . 

Mas was forced to abandon the Tour due to shoulder injury, while Carapaz sat in the road for several minutes composing himself after the crash. The Ecuadorian champion eventually got a new bike, fought the pain and rode to the finish in central Bilbao, but he lost 15:24. Shortly after the finish, he visited the Tour’s mobile X-ray truck.

The team announced later that further scans revealed a small fracture to Carapaz's left kneecap, meaning he could not continue the race. He also needed three stitches to close the wound in his knee.

On a more positive note, Neilson Powless jumped away to lead over the category 2 Cote de Vivero climb and took the first king of the mountains jersey of the 2023 Tour.

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Cyclingnews saw how Carapaz struggled to walk from the X-ray truck to his team vehicle.

A huge Basque and Colombian crowd packed around the EF Education-EasyPost bus, cheering every rider as they arrived. However, everyone in the team was concerned about Carapaz’ injury.

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Rigoberto Uran lost 5:36, leaving Education-EasyPost with no alternate plans for the overall classification.

Powless lost 1:36 after being distanced on the Côte de Pike after UAE Team Emirates sent first Tadej Pogačar and then eventual stage winner Adam Yates up the road. He was proud to pull on the polka-dot jersey but was also saddened to hear about Carapaz’s crash.

“It’s definitely a mix of emotions right now,” Powless told Cyclingnews behind the podium area.

“I’m so happy to be in this jersey but I really want to find out how Richie is doing. All I heard is that he managed to finish. I hope he is okay.”

EF Education-EasyPost have the knack of taking the polka-dot jersey in the early stages of the Tour. Magnus Cort claimed it in the early stages of the 2022 Tour in Denmark and kept it for a week before later winning the mountain stage to Megève from the breakaway.  Powless hopes to do the same. 

“We knew it was an opportunity but you sort of have to let the opportunity come to you,” Powless said.

“We were lucky and I was happy to have the strength to go for it and get it. We didn’t want to gamble with someone in the breakaway but we thought that if the break was caught before the climb, then the first one over the top would take the jersey.”

Powless made sure he was at the front of the peloton at the foot of the Vivero and then jumped away at the summit to just beat Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché - Circus - Wanty) to the line.

“As soon as I saw the banners indicating the KOM, I just went for it and luckily it was enough to take the points and so the jersey,” Powless said. He has a total of five points and leads Zimmermann by two points.

There are five classified climbs during Sunday’s second stage to San Sebastian and so Powless and EF Education-EasyPost have to decide if they try to defend the jersey and if Powless goes in the break or if they save their strength for a stage win.

Powless won the Clasica San SEbastian in 2021 and so could win stage 2 or other hillier stages in the Tour. 

“It’s a long journey to Paris and this race can go in so many different ways. I’m so happy to have the jersey because this is the Tour de France and I get to wear a jersey,” Powless said gratefully. 

“I felt really good and really strong on the climb, so I hope that bodes well for the rest of the Tour. 

“It’d be nice to keep it but I don’t have too many points. I’m sure there are a lot of other riders who want to wear it too. We’ll see what happens on Sunday.

“I definitely paid for the effort today and getting a stage win should be nice too, though it’ll be difficult to balance those two things. I feel I'll have to decide day by day.”

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Last year,  EF Education-EasyPost came to the Tour de France with everything to prove, desperately trying to turn around what had been a rough and tumble season until that point.

This year things are very different; the team has seen a far better start, with no less than 20 victories prior to the start of the Tour.

Little wonder that its riders are upbeat and confident on the eve of the race.

American Neilson Powless summed up the mood: “Stage wins, and a rider on the podium. If we can accomplish one or both of those things, it would be a great Tour.”

Twelve months ago the team was frantically searching for one victory, any victory, something to get the year back on track. In the end it achieved that goal, Magnus Cort outsprinting Nick Schultz (BikeExchange-Jayco) to take stage 10.

That one stage win rescued its season and assuaged suggestions by CEO Jonathan Vaughters that a lackluster Tour could mean the end of the squad.

This time around, the sights are set considerably higher, with Richard Carapaz an overall contender and gunning for the podium in Paris.

“I have a great responsibility with the team to do my best,” the Ecuadorian said in Friday’s pre-race press conference, embracing the role. “I have done my absolute best in my preparations. I am looking forward to finding good legs and having a good result in Paris.”

Carapaz moved to the team after three years with Ineos Grenadiers. He is a proven winner, taking the Giro d’Italia with Movistar in 2019, the Tour de Suisse two years later, and soloed to gold in the Olympic road race title in 2021.

He was also third overall in the Tour de France that same year, and while few would expect him to match Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in a straight head to head, the Tour is an unpredictable race and anything can happen.

He’s an outsider for yellow but, if in top form, a genuine threat for the podium.

“We have a really big goal here, it is not a secret,” teammate Esteban Chaves said on Friday. “It is with Richard. We will try to do the best to support him for the general classification. If we have the chance and the opportunity and the race allows for it, we have also individual opportunities, but we will prioritize to help him and the team in this goal.”

Uran, Tour runner-up in 2017, likewise pledged his full support. “The big idea is Richard. I am here to support him in the climbs, the low climbs, the flat, the downhill, the team bus; everything.”

‘I hope to have a beautiful Tour’

Carapaz’ move to EF Education-EasyPost sees him become the clear protected rider on the team. His run with Ineos Grenadiers saw him share the limelight with many other big names and while he got his opportunities, there were times when he had to yield to others.

Being part of the American squad has brought with it undisputed leadership but, inevitably, a little extra pressure.

It’s fair to say that things have been a little bumpy at times this year.

He won his first race of the season, the Ecuadorian road race championships in February, and also took the Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes in May. However an anonymous 51st overall in the Volta a Catalunya and a distant 36th overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné were setbacks, with a fine second on stage two of the latter event being followed by a slump in the mountains.

He hasn’t lost the head, though, saying that he has dealt with ups and downs this year but has done everything he can to be as ready as he can.

“The Dauphine got off to a good start,” he said on Friday. “Of course it was difficult. I had a few problems and recovery was difficult.

“My preparation for the Tour was not ideal, but I had a solid month of racing and training, and I feel pretty good. I have been working toward the Tour since May and I have been doing my best to do some good training.

“[This year] I have been affected by health issues and illness at times and I don’t feel like I have always been able to have my best legs. But I have been putting in a strong effort and the overall preparation has been good. I am here with a good mental state and ready to find my best legs.”

Priority number one is to avoid issues and let the race sharpen his condition. He points out that the opening week of the Tour is atypical, and that he hopes not to lose any time. “We have a very strong team and we come here with big ambitions. I hope to have a beautiful Tour.”

Powless and Cort ready to light the race up with attacks

If Carapaz is the undisputed leader and past two grand tour runners-up Uran and Chaves are his star support in the high mountains, Powless and Magnus Cort are part of the team’s broader push for stage wins. Powless is able to climb, as evidenced by his 12th overall in last year’s Tour plus sixth overall in Paris-Nice.

However, he made clear that he wasn’t thinking of GC. His pledged support for Carapaz aside, he had a clear answer when asked if how he regarded a possible high GC placing versus success on one single day.

“I would say a [stage] win is probably more valuable. In the Tour de France it’s always really nice to look back and see that you had a high placing on GC. But I think it’s still really tough to beat a win, unless you’re on the podium or maybe top five as well.

“I would say anything outside the top five, I would probably trade it for a stage win.”

Powless was one of the most aggressive riders last year and went close at times, with his highest finishes being fourth on stage five to Wallers-Arenberg, and fourth to the summit of Alpe d’Huez. He was also fourth on a stage three years ago.

Cort has already topped the podium, winning stages in 2018 and again last year, and also taking a total of seven other grand tour stages between the Vuelta and the Giro, including stage 10 of this year’s Italian tour. He was asked what is the secret behind such a hike strike rate in the three week races.

“You want to be in a good shape and they are important races,” he said of those big events. “So I’ve always tried to be ready. Over the years it is a lot of race days in the grand tours.

“I don’t know there is a secret. I think I recover quite well. Usually I compared to the bunch I get better and better in second and third week. Not always, but most times, as long as things go well.”

He ruled out a stint in the yellow jersey, saying that Saturday’s opening stage would be too tough for him and that he expected to lose time. However stage two is a possible target and, looking across the whole Tour, he anticipated multiple opportunities for himself and others.

“I think I would have a good handful. And yeah, the rest of the team also have strong chances, especially the climbers. So only really on the pure sprint days we won’t be in the mix.

“I would expect all the rest of the stages we will try something with somebody.”

Powless all in for everything

As for Powless, he is determined to improve on that brace of fourth places. His strength is unquestioned; his enthusiasm is obviously. What need he do to convert that potential into a big result?

“Probably just keeping things under control a little bit more,” he answered. “I guess I’m the type of guy that never wants to miss out on a race opportunity. So I’m just attacking all the time, maybe too much, using too much energy. So it’s just been trying to hold myself back a little bit more in the past year or two.

“This year, especially, it’s been paying off a lot more. Just picking one moment as opposed to just letting myself go crazy as soon as the flag drops.”

Both riders are clearly chomping at the bit. So too Uran and Chaves, who spoke with hope and excitement about what lies ahead. Much rests on Carapaz’s shoulders but those around him are clear in their belief and pledging of their support.

Twelve months on from a make or break Tour for EF Education-EasyPost, morale is good and ambitions are high.

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EF Education-EasyPost 2023 Cycling Team

This page focuses on the EF Education-EasyPost 2023 cycling team. It serves as a hub for each rider as I review each rider’s bike size and specification throughout the season(s).

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The EF Education-EasyPost Cycling Team is a USA team based in the south of France for the convenience of racing the WorldTour.

For the season 2023, four new riders joined the team EF Education-EasyPost. The four riders are new to the team but they are not debutants. They are Andrey Amador (ex- Ineos Grenadiers ), Richard Carapaz (ex-Ineos Grenadiers) who is the current Olympic Road race chapion and 2019 Giro d’Italia winner. The two other experienced riders are Stefan De Bod (ex- Astana Qazaqstan ) and Mikkel Honore (ex- Quick Step Alpha Vinyl ).

Grand Tours Plans

DOULL Owain, SHAW James, KEUKELEIRE Jens, SCULLY Tom, VAN DEN BERG Marijn, RUTSCH Jonas, VAN DEN BERG Julius are racing the Paris-Roubaix 2023 .

URÁN Rigoberto, CORT Magnus, HEALY Ben, CARTHY Hugh, DE BOD Stefan, BETTIOL Alberto, CAICEDO Jonathan Klever, and CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander are racing the Giro d’Italia 2023 .

Richard Carapaz, Magnus Cort, Rigoberto Uran, Andrey Amador, and Mikkel Honore are riding the Tour de France 202 3 intending to win the General Classification.

Richard Carapaz and Hugh Carthy are racing the Vuelta a Espana 2023 . More names will be confirmed after the Tour de France.

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For 2023 too, Cannondale is the sponsor of EF Education-EasyPost Cycling Team.

The team rides the Cannondale SuperSix EVO for mountain stages and Cannondale SystemSix EVO for flat and fast rolling hills. This year, or at the beginning of the season I should say, the frames are two colors scheme featuring a flat silver front triangle and the “EF Team’s Pink” on the rear triangle. “LAB71” is printed on the seat tube hinting at Cannondale’s “Secret lab” and the year 1971, the year the Cannondale brand was founded.

So, we may expect some new collector Cannondale bikes this year for the team riders who did not get a SuperSix EVO Leichtbau last year.

The EF Education-EasyPost team races their Cannondale bikes equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9200 transmission and brakes. The crankset and chainrings are from FSA .

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The three touch points of the riders with their bike are Vision handlebar/stem combo wrapped with Prologo bar tape. The saddles are the Prologo , and the pedals are the Wahoo Speedplay .

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AMADOR Andrey BETTIOL Alberto BISSEGGER Stefan CAICEDO Jonathan Klever CAMARGO Diego Andrés CARAPAZ Richard CARR Simon CARTHY Hugh CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander CHAVES Esteban CORT Magnus DE BOD Stefan DOULL Owain EIKING Odd Christian HEALY Ben HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich KEUKELEIRE Jens KUDUS Merhawi PADUN Mark PICCOLO Andrea POWLESS Neilson QUINN Sean RUTSCH Jonas SCULLY Tom SHAW James STEINHAUSER Georg URÁN Rigoberto VAN DEN BERG Julius VAN DEN BERG Marijn WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz

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101km to go: Two kilometres to the top of the Col du Feu and our leading group have swelled to five riders. In there, you can spot Pinot, Landa, Ciccone, Aranburu and Woods. They’ve got 16sec on the chasing group.

103km to go: The riders are on the Col du Feu now. Interesting fact: It’s the first time this climb has been used in the Tour. Three riders (two from Movistar and one from Uno-X) had a small gap on the breakaway but it’s all come back together. But, wait…another four have gone clear, led by Juan Pedro López of Lidl-Trek.

108km to go: Jumbo-Visma are controlling the peloton and trying to give the breakaway a bit more of a lead to settle things down a bit. There’s still a lot of brutal climbing and kilometres to go…

116km to go: Giulio Ciccone sprints across the line to take ten points atop the Col de Cou. Powless is second and takes eight points to extend his lead in the mountains classification. Alaphilippe takes third.

117km to go: Straight after descending this climb, the riders will be on to Col de Feu. It’s a very similar climb at 5.8km long and an average gradient of 7.8%. Lots of climbing today…

I’ll be honest. I meant to give you stats and info on each climb before the riders reached them, but it’s been a chaotic start to today’s stage.

So, here’s a delayed look at the Col de Cou: It’s 7km long with an average gradient of 7.4%. That’s all I have.

121km to go: The breakaway has swelled to 24 riders and the highest placed on GC is Thibaut Pinot on 9min 8sec. The gap is only 20sec though, so it could all come back together. There’s around 4km to the top of the first category Col de Cou.

Romain Bardet has crashed heavily on the descent and has abandoned

Team DSM–Firmenich’s Romain Bardet has crashed badly on the descent following the first categorised climb of the day. James Shaw is also on the ground nearby. As I’ write, we hear that Bardet has had to withdraw from the Tour. It’s been a rough day already…

124km to go: A breakaway is formed of 20 riders, including Nielsen Powless, Julian Alaphilippe and yesterday’s stage winner, Michal Kwiatkowski.

Esteban Chaves of EF Education Easypost has abandoned

After being involved in the earlier mass crash, the Colombian national champion is out of the Tour de France with an injury.

❌ @estecharu leaves the Tour de France. He was involved in the early crash. ❌ @estecharu quitte le Tour de France. Il était impliqué dans la chute en début d'étape. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/YYTQmoHu4K — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 15, 2023

132km to go: Daniel Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers) is the first over the category three Col de Saxel climb, with Julian Alaphilippe second.

134km to go: The riders are around 1km from the top of the first categorised climb.

142km to go : Since the restart a few riders have tried to establish a break, including Ben O’Connor but they’ve been swiftly reeled back in.

The race has restarted

Back on the move, the race has resumed with a neutral zone of about 2km. To summarise, we’ve had two riders from two teams (Louis Meintjes of Team Intermarché–Circus–Wanty and Antonio Pedrero of Movistar Team) abandon following that crash and plenty of torn jerseys and road rash among the peloton.

Sneak peek into the data 👇 This is what a massive crash looks like to us, with speeds suddenly dropping to 0 km/h #TDFdata #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/Oan7kRNK9V — letourdata (@letourdata) July 15, 2023

Louis Meintjes of Team Intermarché–Circus–Wanty has withdrawn

Louis Meintjes of Team Intermarché–Circus–Wanty has also been forced to abandon. He has a broken collarbone.

Antonio Pedrero of Movistar Team has abandoned

Not surprising as he was put into the ambulance but sad to see Predrero’s Tour is over. Intermarché–Circus–Wanty’s Adrien Petit has a nasty looking gash just under his glute (the polite way of referring to it says Carlton Kirby).

Race temporarily stopped following mass crash

Jens Voigt of Eurosport says the first rain in a long time, on what have been dry and dusty roads, has made the surface slippery and like an ice rink. He thinks about 30 riders were caught up in that crash, with approximately 15 down.

Huge crash with lots of riders down

After only a few kilometres, there’s been a crash and riders are across the road. The race has been neutralised. Fred Wright is standing up and looking for a new bike, but Antonio Pedrero of the Movistar Team is looking in a far worse condition as he’s put on a stretcher and into an ambulance.

They're racing on stage 14

And we’re off…the riders aren’t holding back and Neilson Powless looks like he’s after some more mountain points today. An early attack by another rider has been quickly reeled in.

On my earlier request about how you’ll be watching the Tour de France today, Jim has been the first to get in touch. “Unfortunately, I’ll [be] watching todays stage from my sofa after fracturing my elbow and hand on opposite arms! - I fell off my bike,” he emails (via some difficulty typing, I presume).

Sorry to hear that Jim and best wishes for a speedy recovery. Hopefully, the riders will put on a good show for you today.

Still rolling… As the roll-out continues, you might notice that Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) are not among the starters, having abandoned the race yesterday.

Today’s roll-out has begun

Stage 13: The riders are rolling out en masse through the neutral zone and will be given the signal to begin racing in approximately eight kilometres time.

It’s going to be a big day, as the climbing stats show. I’ve been checking them out whilst devouring an almond croissant (got to get your fuelling right for a long stage).

On this beautiful Saturday, I’d love to know how you’re planning on viewing this stage and where. Let me know if you’re also celebrating the Tour de France by eating pastries and tuning into the TV coverage…

More than 4,000m of elevation with Col de Joux Plane as the main challenge of the day ⛰️ Stage 14 is a gruelling one and fatigue is growing. Once they reach Morzine, the riders will have overcome 40,000m of elevation since the start from Bilbao 🥵 #TDFdata #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/g7UAqWhFx3 — letourdata (@letourdata) July 15, 2023

Annemasse, today’s starting town: “ Surrounded by mountains, the town on the Swiss border has understandably produced good climbers, such as Philippe Chevallier, winner of a stage in Pau in 1983. Jérôme Coppel then became the ambassador of Annemasse in the peloton, and showed particular proficiency in time trials, notably in 2015 when he won a bronze medal at the Richmond World Championships in the United States.

“The onus is now on brothers Aurélien and Valentin Paret-Peintre to make their home town shine. In 2004, Annemasse was the starting point for a stage towards the end of the Tour that Juan Miguel Mercado win in Lons-le-Saunier.”

Who's in what jersey?

Yellow: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Polka-dot: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost)

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates)

Michal Kwiatkowski climbs to stage 13 win as Pogacar cuts gap to Vingegaard

Stage 13 report: Michal Kwiatkowski took a solo victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France, as Tadej Pogacar turned the screw a little further on his rival, the defending champion Jonas Vingegaard , by clawing back eight more seconds. Jeremy Whittle reports from Culoz …

The top five on General Classification

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 53hr 48min 50sec

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +9sec

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2min 51sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 48sec

Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +5min 03sec

Stage 14, Saturday 15 July: Annemasse-Morzine, 152km

William Fotheringham on stage 14: The stage 14 battleground, the Col de Joux Plane, is long, and steep, with the final 6km all about 10%; it’s followed by one of the Tour’s trickiest descents to the finish. With climbing right from the start, the break will go early and may well contest the finish. A good chance for riders such as Mikel Landa, but the final descent has Pidcock written all over it.

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Netflix unveils trailer for 'Tour de France: Unchained' season 2 with focus on crashes and questions of doping

A n official trailer for season 2 of the Netflix Tour de France documentary, ‘Tour de France: Unchained’ was unveiled this morning, with a scheduled release date of June 11, just 18 days before the 2024 race kicks off in Florence.

The second season focuses on the drama from the 2023 Tour de France, with crashes, as they were in season 1, at the forefront and questions of doping highlighted in the one-minute trailer.

Clips from the trailer show interview segments with Thibaut Pinot, Tom Pidcock , Fabio Jakobsen, Julian Alaphilippe and Soudal-QuickStep team boss Patrick Lefevere. 

Popular French veteran Pinot was riding his emotional final Tour de France before he retired at the end of the season but curiously, he is shown in the trailer being asked about doping. “So do you think he’s doped or not?” says the interviewer before cutting away without an answer, with the preceding clip also stating “The Tour seems to go from one scandal to the next”.

Only eight teams featured directly in the first season: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Bora-Hansgrohe, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers, Visma-Lease a Bike and Soudal-QuickStep as they are now known, but superstar Tadej Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates side will be one of the new squads featuring in season 2.

The news that the runner-up from the previous two Tours would star in the documentary was learned during last year’s race after it was also revealed that Mark Cavendish would star in his bid for a record-breaking 35th stage win at the Tour. 

Cavendish ultimately crashed out of the race during Stage 8 with a broken collarbone, which is shown in the trailer and should feature in season 2.

The public fallout of Lefevere and Alaphilippe , which has gone on for months in the media, also looks like it will feature, with clips of both the double World Champion and his team boss forming part of the trailer. 

“Julian Alaphilippe costs a lot of money,” says Lefevere, with the French star responding “Too much for Patrick” when asked how much it is he earns.

Jasper Philipsen is again shown after featuring heavily in season 1 where his journey from Jasper “Disaster” to Tour de France stage winner was documented. 

“We’re not here to make friends with other teams,” says Philipsen while laughing with star lead-out man Mathieu van der Poel. The Belgian fast man announced himself as the best sprinter in the world at the 2023 Tour with four stage wins.

The pair’s Alpecin-Deceuninck team were the best sprint squad at the 2023 race, dominating the finishes with aggressive but fair tactics in the final runs to the line.

Also shown heavily in the trailer, as mentioned, are crashes for the likes of Carlos Rodríguez and Fabio Jakobsen, with this dramatic aspect of the sport an apparent priority for the producers to highlight. 

Season 1 comprised of eight roughly 45-minute episodes and dropped just before the Tour de France last year and was met with mixed reviews despite being an overall success. Unchained is made by the same company, Quadbox, that produces the extremely successful Formula 1 Netflix show, ‘Drive to Survive’.

It was one of several new sports documentaries to hit Netflix with professional Golf, Tennis and Rugby among those getting their own series alongside Cycling. 

Key storylines in the first season included the comeback of Jakobsen from a life-threatening crash, the chaos on the cobbled stage, the pressure of being on a French team, Pidcock's Alpe d'Huez triumph and how Jumbo-Visma beat Pogačar with Jonas Vingegaard .

Initial reviews were mixed, with expert cycling fans happy to see rarely seen behind-the-scenes moments but critical of the carefully edited narratives that focused on the teams involved and ignored key moments of the 2022 Tour de France.

It was ultimately enough for a second season to be renewed and confirmed just ahead of the start of the 2023 race in Bilbao. The series is designed to entertain and attract new cycling fans just as the Drive to Survive series has done for Formula 1 since its first season in 2019, now in its sixth.

It’s time for the Tour de France

We’re bringing eight riders from eight different nationalities to the world’s greatest bike race

June 29, 2022

It’s time for the Tour de France.

As French families head for the beaches of the Côte d’Azur and to campsites high in the Pyrénées and Alps, they will follow the news of their country’s summer spectacle, gathering around TV sets in sweltering bars and reading day-old newspapers or Insta-updates under their sun umbrellas. Americans will rise at dawn to watch the final kilometres of each stage, while Australians wait late into the night to see who will wear the yellow jersey. People from all over the world will camp by the side of French roads and party together long after the peloton has passed. The Tour de France now belongs to you, too. It is the vital side story to your summer holidays.

We’re excited to announce the riders for us that will star in one of summer’s classic traditions: Rigoberto Uran, Neilson Powless, Magnus Cort-Nielsen, Jonas Rutsch, Stefan Bissegger, Ruben Guerreiro, and Owain Doull will race Le Tour for EF Education-EasyPost.

For our riders, the Tour de France will be anything but a vacation. For 21 days, on a 3,328-kilometre race course, they will sweat to dizzying heights up France’s highest cols and throw themselves into mad sprints for the finish line, pushing their bodies to the limits of human endurance, as they try to win stages and pull on cycling’s greatest prize: the maillot jaune.

They are eight riders from eight different nationalities. Ever since they were little kids, they have dreamed of racing onto the Champs Elysées in Paris. We asked them about their ambitions for this year’s race and what Le Tour means to them.

Magnus Cort

"To win stages at the Tour is on a different level to anything else you can do in cycling. It means a lot just to be selected and going, especially this year when the Tour is starting in Denmark. It is probably the only race where you really count how many times you have been there and have finished. It’s not my first time going, but as a small kid, like most other Danes, I just followed the Tour on the TV during the summer holidays. I didn’t know anything about cycling, but watched the Tour every summer. It is pretty crazy to think back to that eight-year-old, myself, sitting there looking at all the bike riders, and now I am actually the one inside the television, riding the Tour de France in my home country."

Rigoberto Urán

"The best riders are here. The teams come prepared with everything, the new material, the new bikes. Everybody is focused on the Tour de France. You see the new developments. All the world is watching. The level is super high. Every stage is hard. The riders, the masseurs, the mechanics — everyone is focused and nervous for 21 days. Every second is important. It is nice. It is very different, starting in Denmark and not in France is something different, but especially here it is nice because there are many fans in Denmark. We take it day by day. It is one month. You need to stay first lucky and then healthy. You make a strategy, but must take it day by day. The most important thing is to sleep well."

Neilson Powless

"When I think about the Tour de France, I just think of the highest level of competition and just a race filled with athletes who have dedicated their lives to becoming as fit as possible and showing that along the countryside in France for the world to see. It is a pretty massive sporting event that crosses a pretty large area of space in France. It reaches a lot of people, which is really cool. The influence that it has is pretty massive, over the whole globe, which is pretty unique, and not a lot of people get to compete in an event like that, which is pretty exciting."

Alberto Bettiol

"Tour de France for me is the biggest race of the year. It is a big goal for the season. The Tour is the race where all of the teams put in the most effort. The best riders in the world are at the Tour de France, so it is a big show, so I really want to win a stage in this Tour de France. That is why I worked so hard, even if I had some trouble during the season with COVID and so on, but I am confident now after the Tour de Suisse. The team is really ambitious for the GC with the stage racers, and we will try to win a couple of stages. I worked hard for this event. I know it, because I have done it already three times, but I am really looking forward to the race."

Jonas Rutsch

"I have great memories from last year. It is the biggest bike race in the world, the one I am always looking forward to. I always hope that I will be selected, and I managed to get selected. I am just really excited to see what comes next. I love the whole history of the race, how well prepared the riders are every year, and the whole atmosphere."

Stefan Bissegger

"It feels amazing to be here after all the bad things I had in the last few weeks with COVID and having to leave the Tour de Suisse. It feels amazing to be here and be ready to race. The Tour de France is the biggest race of them all, so it is always nice to be a part of. I remember watching a mountain stage on TV and then later we went with the family to Alpe d’Huez. I’m definitely looking forward to it."

Ruben Guerreiro

"The Tour de France is the race that made me a rider. I was young and watching the Tour de France and imagined, dreamed to one day ride the Tour. It is my favorite race. I think it is the race that motivated me to be a professional rider. My ambition is now bigger. With this team I have the opportunity to ride and arrive here in the best condition and now I hope to win something. It is a big achievement, a big honor to make my dream come true. Last year was my first one. This year is my second one. Last year, I didn’t win anything, but I was there, and this year I want to win something."

Owain Doull

It’s a childhood dream. This is my first Tour, so I don’t know what to expect. Watching the Tour is my earliest memory of cycling. I think it probably means the same to every person who starts the Tour, whether it is their first or their tenth. It is the biggest race in cycling and I can’t wait to be a part of it. Even before I got into cycling, ITV used to show the Tour and I would always watch the highlights package in the evening. There is no other bike race where you know the theme tune. I remember watching that and every day they would do a round-up of how the British riders were getting on and it was in smaller numbers then. I can’t wait to get stuck into it.

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There is now a Colombian TV show about Rigoberto Urán’s life. It is about more than Olympic medals and grand tour podiums, fashion shoots, and appearances in the celebrity pages of newspapers.

Rigoberto’s dad was killed by a paramilitary group three months after he introduced Rigo to cycling. Rigo was 14. All of a sudden, he had to work to support his mom and his sister. He took over his dad’s job, selling lottery tickets to support his family, while going to school and trying to race. He still won a lot.

At 16, it was too much. Rigo told his cycling team that he would either have to turn pro or quit and go back to selling lottery tickets. Technically, he was too young to become a professional. To get around that fact, the team offered his mother the contract. Three years later, Rigo traveled to Europe for the first time to race for a small Italian team.

He has never looked back. An Olympic silver medal and podium finishes at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France are highlights from his illustrious career. Rigo is still a contender. In 2022, he won stage 17 of the Vuelta , completing his trifecta of stage wins in each of the grand tours, and was a force in the autumn classics.

Rigo continues to inspire his teammates and a whole generation of cyclists with his laid-back, fun-loving approach to the sport.

When Stefan Bissegger was ten, he signed up for a bike race in his home village in Switzerland. He just didn’t know that he needed a racing bike. The organizer, an old pro, called him and said he could borrow one. He is still Stefan’s coach.

Stefan had fun at the race. Soon he was dreaming of winning classics like Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. He was good at time-trials and long solos and wanted to become the kind of racer who could ride away from all of his rivals on the Oude Kwaremont.

After a stellar few years in the juniors, Stefan came to our team in 2020. He had a breakthrough season in 2021, with time-trial victories at Paris-Nice and the Benelux Tour and an outstanding solo stage win at his home race: the Tour de Suisse. To cap it all off, he participated in his first Olympics on the track with the Swiss team-pursuit squad.

In 2022, Stefan won the European time trial championships, the TT at the UAE Tour, and a rainbow jersey in the mixed relay at the world championships.

He had a difficult start to last season, breaking his wrist right before his favorite race of the year: Paris-Roubaix. He worked his way back into form however and won the Swiss national time-trial title.

If Stefan wasn’t a racer, he would be a bike mechanic. He likes tinkering with the set-up of his SuperSlice and testing his position until it is as aero as possible.

When Neilson Powless started racing X-Terra triathlons with his sister back home in Northern California, he just wanted to spend time outside and rip around the trails near his house. His first love was mountain-biking. It was his best discipline in those off-road triathlons, and when he got to high-school, there were all sorts of chances for him to compete in California’s mountain-bike league. Soon, he was travelling with the US national team, racing junior world cups and championships against the world’s most talented mountain-bikers. Race in and race out, Neilson proved he was one of them.

Then he decided he wanted to have a go on the road.

Neilson has progressed steadily since he turned pro in 2018, thanks to his hard-work and diligent approach to training. In 2020, Neilson Powless became the first tribally recognized Native North American to race the Tour de France. The next year, our rising American star won Spain’s greatest one-day race, the Clásica San Sebastián, and finished fifth at the world championships in Belgium. Neilson was stellar in 2022. After a strong campaign in the Ardennes, he finished fourth on GC at the Tour de Suisse and lit up the Tour de France. He finished the year off with a victory at the Japan Cup .

The 2023 season was his best yet. Neilson won his first race of the year: the Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille. He then won the overall at Étoile de Bèsseges and stormed the Flemish classics, finishing third at Dwars door Vlaanderen and fifth at De Ronde in his debut campaign on the cobbles. At the Tour, he captured hearts with a stellar run in the King of the Mountains jersey.

Neilson lives in Nice, France with his wife and baby girl during the racing season. He enjoys exploring their new city and relaxing on the beach after hard rides through the Alps.

If he can find time in his schedule, Neilson would like to get back to his roots, and do some off-road alternative racing in 2024.

Owain is one of just two Welsh speakers in the peloton and became the first Welsh-speaking athlete to win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

While he loves to explore new places on long rides, his favorite place to ride is in the Peak District — preferably on a sunny day. For Owain, setting goals and giving his all in their pursuit is deeply satisfying. In the moment that a race kicks it up a notch, he finds motivation in reminding himself that the outcome will be worth the effort. Owain, the runner-up in the 2019 edition of Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, loves racing the Classics and Grand Tours. When Owain is not on his bike, you’ll find him overseeing 5 Rings, his coffee company named for the Olympic rings.

Alberto Bettiol has always been a winner. He started racing around the hills of Tuscany when he was five and won his second-ever race in his hometown of Castelfiorentino. He has been bringing home bouquets of flowers ever since.

His coaches and supporters always believed in his talent. Alberto was a strong junior and U23 rider, who signed his first professional contract with our team in 2014. But Alberto wanted to become a champion. He had grown up watching the classics and the Giro d’Italia with his father, a former footballer, and dreamed of winning the sport’s greatest races.

In 2019, he won his first Monument. Alberto’s victory in the Tour of Flanders that year changed his life. It gave him the confidence that he could beat the best riders in the world. He backed it up with an impressive string of results, including a stunning solo stage victory at the 2021 Giro d’Italia.

In 2022, Alberto earned podium places on stages of the Tour de France, Tour de Suisse, and Deutschland Tour.

He now splits his time between Lugano, Switzerland and Castelfiorentino. He enjoys all of the opportunities to travel that cycling now provides him, but is always happy to return to the Tuscan hills where he got started.

Alberto started 2023 with a prologue win at the Tour Down Under, but had a tough spring set back by injury and illness and had to miss his favorite classics. He made his return with a strong ride at the Giro d’Italia. He has great ambitions for the Tour de France.

Jonas Rutsch loves the Classics and is always excited when he gets to race up the Muur-Kapelmuur. The lanky German won the U23 Gent-Wevelgem and finished 11th at the 2021 Paris-Roubaix. He is a very versatile rider, who is always ready to work for his teammates.

In 2022, he even impressed in the mountains at the Tour de Suisse.

This is already Jonas’s fifth season racing with the team. He says that racing in the WorldTour had been his goal since he was a little boy, when cycling’s historic races captured his imagination. He has now finished two Tours de France and even proposed to girlfriend on the Champs-Élysées after the 2022 Tour.

In addition to racing, Jonas also finished his exams at the German police academy. While he follows a training schedule, his favorite days are when he just gets to ride his bike. Whenever he has the chance, he goes mountain biking.