Main Portuguese veteran racer Rui Costa has been connected to EF Schooling-EasyPost as his new workforce for 2024, simply as he ends one among his maximum a success seasons in years.
In line with Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, the previous International Champion and winner of the Japan Cup this weekend is about to signal for the American WorldTour workforce.
Because of flip 38 in early October, Costa has simply raced for a unmarried season with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty after a six-year spell at UAE Workforce Emirates, the place he used to be one of the most closing survivors from the squad’s earlier incarnation as Lampre.
The previous couple of years had been a lean duration for Costa, however in 2023, he has racked up 5 victories around the season. Those have been his first wins since 2020 and essentially the most for Costa in one 12 months since 2013 when he outclassed Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez for the Street International Championships identify in Firenze.
Costa’s wins come with the the Japan Cup and the full of the Volta a los angeles Comunitat Valenciana, one of the most Mallorca Problem race. The true spotlight, even though, used to be a degree of the Vuelta a España, his first victory at WorldTour stage since a degree of the Critérium du Dauphiné long ago in 2015 and brought forward of some other nice breakaway specialist, Germany’s Lennard Kamna (Bora-Hansgrohe).
Costa advised Cyclingnews this February that his new hire of lifestyles at Intermarché got here after he had felt ‘restricted’ throughout his long stint at UAE Workforce Emirates.
But in spite of those effects, in addition to taking fourth in Strade Bianche and 5th in Gran Piemonte, Costa’s failure to signal once more with Intermarché-Circus-Wanty are it appears to do with a squeezed price range for 2024. Now, on the other hand, it will seem he’s getting ready to discovering a brand new squad for subsequent 12 months.