‘It’s absurd, the whole ranking system’ – Vaughters slams UCI points system two years after EF’s relegation survival

In an era of UCI promotion/relegation cycles and teams creating calendars around points scoring, EF Education-EasyPost CEO Jonathan Vaughters wants to keep his team from falling into the “anticlimactic and boring” way of racing he believes it breeds.

Vaughters’ EF Education programme have built up a reputation of racing aggressively, chasing stage wins and often targeting jerseys outside of the leaders at big races. In going all out for such, they have sometimes missed on potential top 10 finishes on GC or a chance to score more UCI points.