Explore by EF Pro Cycling

Alison Jackson is back in Roubaix to defend her title on the infamous french cobbles. In this episode, we catch up with Alison and dive into the real Alison. She’s a pro cyclist, beloved dancer, stellar aunt, zamboni driver, former knitter, and so much more. She talks about how she’s taking a different approach to racing this season, what has changed since she hoisted that cobblestone over her head last year, and looks ahead to the 2024 edition of Roubaix this coming weekend. Plus, Alison answers YOUR questions that you sent to us on our social channels.

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Noemi Rüegg and Magdeleine Vallieres are two of the rising stars on our brand new EF Education-Cannondale squad. We are just a few weeks into the racing season and already they have both earned wins, the first of their careers and the first in our squad’s young history. We chatted with the pair about their backgrounds, racing outside of your comfort zone, and why the number 215 is so important to them.

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EF Education-Cannondale GM Esra Tromp, and EF Pro Cycling CEO Jonathan Vaughters join us from our team camp in Girona to talk about the 2024 season, how we’re integrating our two squads and forming one team and what our goals are for the future.

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Veronica Ewers and Owain Doull join us for this episode where we discuss mental health. Trigger warning, we briefly mention suicide. Owain and Veronica talk about the ups and downs they’ve experienced with mental health both as individuals and as professional athletes. We cover everything from the importance of being open about the times they’ve struggled, the ways in which they take care of themselves, how becoming a parent has changed Owain’s outlook, and the importance of community.

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The second edition of the Tour de France Femmes just wrapped up and we thought we would do something a little different for this one. Instead of doing a deep dive with one or two riders, we talked with each rider – Alison Jackson, Sara Poidevin, Kathrin Hammes, Georgia Williams, Magdeleine Vaillieres and Letizia Borghesi – and asked them about their race, a bit about the highs and lows of Grand Tour racing and what their plans are for the final part of the season.

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James Shaw is over a week into his first Tour de France and it's been quite a week for the Tour rookie. From being the first to tend to Richard Carapaz after his crash on stage one, to having a breakthrough ride on stage 6 where he was in a group with some of the world’s best riders, James has risen to the occasion and shown his true colors.

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We are at the 2023 Tour de France. It's only stage 3 but a lot has already happened during our time here in the Basque Country. For Tour de France rookie James Shaw, it definitely wasn’t an easy road to get here. After numerous setbacks throughout his career and doubts that he would ever race professionally again, James earned his spot on our Tour de France roster and has already shown why he can be trusted as a super teammate and rider at the world’s biggest race.

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We are talking with Lachlan Morton and Keegan Swenson about the ups and downs of racing at Cape Epic – the “Tour de France of mountain biking.” Featuring 8 brutal stages and some gnarly weather conditions, this year’s edition of the South African race proved to be one of the toughest editions in recent memory. It was a challenging week of racing, but one Keegan and Lachlan won’t forget anytime soon.

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This week, we are celebrating the biggest victory in EF Education-TIBCO-SVB’s history with a special episode with winner of the 2023 Paris-Roubaix Alison Jackson and team Sport Director Tim Harris. Dance. Cry. Cheer. Hug. Laugh. We went through every emotion possible on the finish line and we couldn't be more thrilled to see Alison take the biggest win of her career and in the team’s history.

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This week, we have a very special episode in honor of Women’s History Month. While March has come and gone, we want to keep celebrating all the amazing work the women on our teams have done and are doing. EF Education-TIBCO-SVB rider Lizzy Banks and general manager Rachel Hedderman are trailblazers in women’s cycling and have advanced our sport both quietly behind the scenes and on the world stage.

Their passion for the sport is contagious and the work they have done in advancing the sport is an inspiration to us all.

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