{"id":335221,"date":"2025-12-08T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335221\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:09:08","slug":"i-can-sleep-well-now-british-pro-cyclist-renews-contract-with-ef-education-easypost-after-weeks-of-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335221\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I can sleep well now\u2019 – British pro cyclist renews contract with EF Education-EasyPost after weeks of uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a month ago, James Shaw was looking down the barrel of 2026 without a contract. His current team EF Education-EasyPost<\/a> was yet to renew his contract, and he was having to contemplate a future off the WorldTour. Now that\u2019s all changed.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was such a shit situation to be in,\u201d Shaw told his 4000+ YouTube followers as he climbed up an Andorran mountain<\/a>. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve given EF so much. I really wanted to get back on the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 29-year-old had, at the end of the 2025 season, completed the Giro d\u2019Italia <\/a>and the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>. This year, only 29 riders raced more than he did.<\/p>\n

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But come November, Shaw was still unsure who he would be racing for in the new year. His subscriptions – including a Hexis nutrition subscription<\/a> – had been cancelled, and he had been forced to seek out his own coach as EF contemplated his future.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a horrible situation to be in and I don\u2019t wish it on my deepest darkest enemies,” he continued. “But hey, that\u2019s how it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw attributes his situation to industry-wide complications. As Lotto and Intermarch\u00e9 merge<\/a>, and French men’s WorldTour team Ark\u00e9a-B&B Hotels folds<\/a>, there is a slew of talented riders also looking for contracts. \u201cThere are 60 guys without contracts. And from what I\u2019ve heard from teams, there are only six or seven places left on teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think my situation is due to a lack of results or performances. I feel like my results show that I perform well in those top races,\u201d Shaw told Cycling Weekly last month.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cI also think that the sport is going in the direction of quantity or quality: you see guys racing less and less but at a higher level and the toll of racing is getting more and more. For me to have the performances I have had and still had the quantity of race days was impressive I think.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike the top guys, I don\u2019t have time to do an altitude camp <\/a>or dieting, nor have the time to control the fatigue load. So I\u2019m really content with what I\u2019ve done and achieved this year. I\u2019ve stood on the podium in a few races and had a good crack from the breakaway in a few stages of the Vuelta.\u201d<\/p>\n

After delivering the good news to his YouTube followers, Shaw is set to enter the new year with a renewed motivation: \u201cI can sleep well now and enjoy the process a bit more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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