American U23 road race champion Gavin Hlady grew up in Sunnyvale, California. His dad was a racer and got him into the sport when he was a kid. He joined his high-school mountain bike team, did his first road races, and was soon progressing through the ranks from Cat.4 to Cat.2. Last summer, Gavin finished third at the US Pro Road National Championships with the elites. He also earned a number of strong results in European races with EF Education-Aevolo

He is a punchy bike rider, who excels on hard, hilly circuits, where the pace rarely lets up and the racing rewards staying power. Gavin’s big goal for this season is to win a UCI race in Europe. He hopes that will launch him straight into the WorldTour.

Last year, he got the chance to do some races with EF Education-EasyPost as a stagiare and will use that experience to propel him ahead of his rivals this season. This could be his make or break year.

To give himself the best chance to succeed, Gavin has moved to Girona, Spain, where he is enjoying exploring all of the quiet roads and sunny climbs.

Off the bike, he enjoys bowling, pickleball, and golf. Gavin is taking a break from his studies in mechanical engineering this year to focus full-time on racing and is very impressed by the tech on his brand new Cannondale Lab71 SuperSix Evo team bike.

Twenty-year-old Jack Makohon brings European race experience, climbing talent, and determination to EF Education-Aevolo. He’ll continue to build his strength and skills next season, as he works toward his dream of becoming a WorldTour pro.

Jack wanted to be a bike racer ever since he was a little boy, traveling around his home state to watch his dad compete. He grew up in Heath, Texas, on the outskirts of Dallas, where there was a strong cycling community. Going to local races to cheer on his dad made him want to pin on numbers himself. Soon he was racing against the best kids in the state. He worked his way up from there, making steady progress as an athlete, as he proved himself against national and then international competition.

Strong rides at races such as the Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta and Turul Romaniei impressed our directors and showed that Jack has what it takes to compete against the pros.

This year, Jack will focus on getting the best out of himself and making the most out of every chance he gets.

Nineteen-year-old Jenthe Verstraete is EF Education-Aevolo’s Flandrien. He grew up in Belgium’s bike racing mad region – Flanders – and has been riding kermis races and youth classics over the climbs of De Ronde van Vlaanderen ever since he was a kid. Jenthe’s first sport was swimming though, and then he took up triathlon, before deciding that the bike was his favorite sport of the three.

He went to a cycling school that allowed him to combine his studies with racing. He and his schoolmates would train together on the the track in Gent, dreaming of making it to the pros.

Jenthe is well on his way. He had a banner year in 2024 when he won Roosdaal-Pamel, the mountains classification at Aubel-Stavelot Juniors, a stage and the GC at Triptyque Ardennais Juniors, and stood on the podium at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The previous season, he had won the GC at Elewijt, Wijnendale-Torhour, and Mesen,taken the points jersey at Penn Ar Bed-Pays d’Iroise and got the victory on the first stage of La SportBreizh Juniors. Last year was Jenthe’s first season with EF Education-Aevolo and he proved himself as a valuable teammate.

He is an attacker, who loves a big, aggressive day out in the mountains. This year, he is really looking forward to racing the top U23 stage races, where he wants to show what he can do and earn a WorldTour contract.

He has put his sports science studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on hold for now to pursue his dream of racing the Tour de France.

Londoner Josh Golliker is a rising UK talent, who burst onto the cycling scene over the past three seasons, with three stage wins and the points jersey at the Valle d’Aosta, one of the premier climbing stage races on the U23 calendar, as well as sixth place at the 2024 Il Lombardia U23, and third at last season’s Kattekoers, the U23 version of Gent-Wevelgem.

He loves the adrenaline of racing and pushing himself beyond his previous limits in the high mountains and over the cobbles.

As a kid, he played every sport he could, but cycling was always the one he loved most. Hard work and talent brought him to EF Education-Aevolo and now Josh wants show that he has got what it takes to have a successful career in the WorldTour.

Josh lives at home in England and likes to spend his free time going for long walks and reading.

Tenjo, Colombia’s Juan Felipe Rodriguez brings grit and climbing talent to EF Education-Aevolo.

In his first foray into European racing in spring 2025, Juan Felipe won the queen stage of the Ronde de l'Isard, dropping some of the fastest under-23 racers on the planet on the ascent to the Pla de Soulcem in the Pyrenees. He finished the prestigious French stage race third overall. Racing against WorldTour competition the next month, he placed 16th at the summit finish of the Andorra MoraBanc Clàssica.

Juan Felipe was a consistent performer in the toughest South American races. The former winner of the Vuelta de la Juventud, the U23 Tour of Colombia, is excited to hone his skills with EF Education-Aevolo, as he works toward his dream of racing in the WorldTour.

Racing a full season in Europe will be an exciting challenge for Juan Felipe. Smaller roads and faster speeds will push his body and mind to the limit. He has moved to Girona to train in the mountains of Catalunya and will travel from there to races with the squad. Juan Felipe is looking forward to the adventure. He has wanted to become a professional cyclist ever since he first saw the Tour de France on TV when he was 16. He already rode his bike to school and around his hometown, but after seeing that stage of the Tour, Juan Felipe started venturing out into the hills around his hometown near Bogotá, dreaming of attacking grand tour stages.

With EF Education-Aevolo, Juan Felipe is well on his way to fulfilling his dreams.

Sweden’s Linus Larsson has big dreams for his time with EF Education-Aevolo. At just 19 years old, his long-term goal is to graduate to the WorldTour, but for his second season with the team, he wants to build on the experience he gained last year and show that he can compete with the best U23s.

Linus started cycling after a trip to watch his brother race Sweden’s national championships. As soon as he got home, Linus headed out on the road on his bike, determined to get as fast as he could. He lined up for his first race before long and immediately fell in love with the speed and the adrenaline.

He is an explosive climber, who can burst up short, steep hills. As a junior, he won the Swedish championships and rode to victories in one-day races like Lyngbyloppet and Giro Himledalen, and took a stage at St. Martinisprijs Juniors, before racing in the world championships for the first time.

Magnus Carstensen is a born classics rider.

In 2024, he finished second at the Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors and won a pair of stages at the Tour de Himmelfart Juniors, as well as taking the general classification. The soft-spoken Dane also won at Randers Bike Week Juniors and Odder CK Juniors.

Last season was his first with EF Education-Aevolo and Magnus got the chance to race his first Paris-Roubaix Espoirs and finished third on a stage at the Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta - Mont Blanc.

Magnus loves the speed and quick-thinking that it takes to race at the front of the peloton on the cobbles. His dream is to one-day ride solo onto the Roubaix Velodrome and lift the famous cobblestone trophy aloft. To get there, he wants to learn as much as he can from the older athletes on EF Pro Cycling whom he used to watch on TV.

Magnus grew up in the Danish countryside and enjoys the peace and quiet there. When he is not on his bike, Magnus likes to relax with his friends and drive cars.

Miguel Ángel Marin has dreamt of attacking off the wheels of Colombian heroes like Rigoberto Urán ever since was a child. He started racing in his hometown, El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, when he was just seven years old. He loved pushing himself to go faster, the toughness of the sport, and the beautiful mountainscapes where he learned to climb.

Miguel is a complete rider. An excellent climber and time trialist, who has earned top results in Colombia’s most prestigious junior races, he won the Vuelta del Porvenir in 2024, took the opening stage at the Clásica Carmen de Viboral Juniors, and earned another 14 top-tens. The previous year, he won the opening stage of his hometown stage race, the Clásica de Rionegro Juniors, where he was fifth on GC and placed eighth overall at the Vuelta a Antioquia Juniors.

He is adjusting to life in Europe, where he is making a new home in the mountains of Andorra. Many South American pros live nearby, so he can train with the, and enjoy some familiar comforts, as he gets used to the different rhythm of life and increased competition of racing.

Miguel’s goal is to make it to the WorldTour. That would make all of his sacrifices worthwhile. He races to make his family proud, though he knows that they already are and that they are behind him 100%.

Cyclocross racing was Nathan’s pathway into cycling, with the Washingtonian competing in the ‘Little Belgians’ league in his home state as a kid. He’d race every weekend but later joined a junior road team in 2021. 

A winner of the criterium event at the USA Cycling Collegiate Nationals in 2025, Nathan has established himself as a promising sprinter and is looking forward to his first season in the U23 ranks with EF Education - Aevolo. He also took his first European win in 2025, on the final stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León in Spain.

Away from cycling and school, where Nathan is currently studying data science in Vermont, he likes to hang out with his girlfriend and friends, and he’s big into gaming, with his favourite being Rainbow Six Siege. He also spends way too much time, and readily admits it’s an obsession, playing ESPN Fantasy Football, which at least allows him to put his data science skills to good use when he comes to picking players for his team. 

Noah Streif doesn’t just fly on a bike. The American from Boise, Idaho is fascinated by planes. Noah is studying aeronautical engineering in Munich, Germany, where he has made his European home. He got to fly with a family friend when he was younger and builds remote control planes for fun.

The only thing better than taking off for Noah is soaring down a smooth asphalt road on his bike. Noah is a strong time-trialist, who took the win at the opening stage of the Green Mountain Stage Race Juniors in 2024 and went on to finish fifth overall, while racing for EF Education-ONTO. That season he had 13 overall top-ten results and made his debut at the world championships.

In 2025, Noah made his U23 debut with EF Education-Aevolo and gained great experience while working for his teammates. He got to ride his first Paris-Roubaix Espoirs and Il Lombardia U23.

This year, he is going to continue to learn everything he can, help his EF Education-Aevolo teammates, and go for some big results to show his strength. He wants to go as far as he can in cycling. That means the Tour de France.

Peyton has wanted to be a bike rider ever since he can remember, and followed his dad into the sport at an early age. During the pandemic, the young American focused on the bike because it was one of the few sports available to him, and although he dabbled in mountain biking, his main passion has always been the road. 

A punchy climber, with a fast finish from a small group, Peyton finished 12th in a super-demanding road race at the World Championships in 2024 and won the Green Mountain Stage Race that very season. Going into his first year as a U23 rider with EF Education - Aevolo, after graduating through the EF Education - ONTO team, the 18-year-old can’t wait to get started, and will be basing himself in Girona, Spain, where the team have a fully fledged and supportive service course.

Outside of cycling, Peyton is big into his fishing, and when he’s not training on home roads, he’s out on the boat and relaxing on the water. 

Italian rider Roberto Capello joins our EF Education-Aevolo roster for 2026. The talented all-rounder spent a decade playing soccer back home before picking up the bike in 2021 and joining his dad on some local rides. From there, Roberto’s passion for the sport took off, and it wasn’t long before he was winning races and establishing himself as a rising star.

2025 was a breakout season for Roberto, with a string of impressive wins, including victory in the junior men’s road race at the Italian national championships, a GC win in the Medzinárodné dni Cyklistiky, and second place in the junior race at the European Road Championships in France, where he was narrowly caught just before the line.

Outside of cycling, Roberto is into motorbikes, photography and drones.

Tomos grew up close to our Tour de France star Ben Healy, and even came through the same junior team in the United Kingdom as Ben. 

A winner of the junior Liège-Bastogne-Liège and a U23 British national time trial champion, Tomos is the true definition of a complete all-rounder and brings a stack of experience to the EF Education-Aevolo development team for 2026. The 20-year-old is strong against the clock, powerful on the flat, and can more than hold his own when the road points to the sky. In 2026, he’ll be aiming to add to his win tally and lead the line in several races that suit his versatile characteristics.