Shaw hunts for 2026 ride

EF Education-EasyPost's Brit running out of time

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Despite racing 80 days during the 2025 season - only 29 riders in the entire world raced more than him - and completing both the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, British rider James Shaw is without a confirmed team for 2026.

For the past four years, climber domestique Shaw has raced for EF Education-EasyPost, joining the American team after three years riding for Continental and ProTour teams after his release from Lotto-Soudal in 2018.

In his time with EF he has established himself as a reliable helper and someone capable of riding for his own results; he's finished on the GC podium of two smaller races, and was fifth in a Pyrenean mountain stage of the 2023 Tour de France.

But Shaw, 29, finds himself in the unwanted position of not knowing what the future holds for him. EF haven't told him that they definitely don't want him for the 2026 season, but nor have they offered him a contract.

And time is running out, with most WorldTour teams now complete or having earmarked their final available slots for riders who might become available in the event of the likely merger between Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty.