{"id":444590,"date":"2026-01-29T06:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444590\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T06:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T06:48:16","slug":"ben-healy-renews-with-ef-through-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444590\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Healy renews with EF through 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Z8B_6871-3.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Healy renews with EF through 2029\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/news-and-racing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News &amp; Racing<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__sub-title\">The 25-year-old Irishman is coming off a stunningly successful Tour de France. In an exclusive interview, he tells Escape Collective what&#8217;s next.<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Marshall-Bell\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author__photo lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CMB-mug-shot-aspect-ratio-99-99-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gruber Images<\/p>\n<p>Ben Healy has signed a long-term contract extension with EF Education-EasyPost, cementing his position as one of the American team\u2019s main leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman, 25, was entering a contract year with the team he turned professional with in 2022, but following the trend of teams renewing the contracts of their biggest stars long before they expire, Healy has committed to stay with EF until the end of the 2029 season. In doing so, Jonathan Vaughters, the general manager of the team, has also kept the circling sharks at distance from poaching one of his best riders.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/ben-healys-sausage-dog-will-steal-your-heart-if-you-let-her\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben Healy\u2019s sausage dog will steal your heart if you let her<\/p>\n<p>Meet Olive\u00a0\u2013 still learning her way around bike races, but already a natural.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Z8B_4762-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Established as the peloton\u2019s breakaway king after a number of memorable escape acts in recent seasons, Healy enjoyed his best year yet in 2025. He won a stage of the Tour de France with a 42 km long-range attack typical of his racing style, while he also wore yellow in the Tour for two days. He ended the season with a bronze medal at the Road World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Escape Collective, Healy revealed that deciding to stay was an easy decision. \u201cEF was always going to be a hard team for me to leave,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the team I first joined and everything seems to be working really well with EF right now.<\/p>\n<p>            This post is for paying subscribers only<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\" style=\"color:#FF6F42\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"reactions\" data-post-id=\"697a210576299ba94ddd0946\">\n                    \ud83d\udc4dYep<br \/>\n                    \ud83d\udc4eNope\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/news-and-racing\/\" title=\"News &amp; Racing\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f293b3 news-and-racing\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News &amp; Racing<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/ben-healy\/\" title=\"Ben Healy\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f29046 ben-healy\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Healy<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/ef-education-easypost\/\" title=\"EF Education-EasyPost\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f2916f ef-education-easypost\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EF Education-EasyPost<\/a>\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News &amp; Racing The 25-year-old Irishman is coming off a stunningly successful Tour de France. 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