In his first year in EF Education-EasyPost pink, Danish classics star Kasper Asgreen added a Giro d’Italia stage win to his impressive list of victories, which includes the Ronde van Vlaanderen, E3 SaxoBank Classic, and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, as well as a stage at the Tour de France and four Danish time trial titles.

Kasper joined our team because he was impressed with our squad’s attacking style. That’s how Kasper loves to race, too – when the peloton explodes, and he has to make split-second decisions on the fly, pick his moment to go, and then ride with everything he has to the line, he comes into his own. That’s why he loves the spring classics and hard breakaways.

Kasper learned how to race when he was a kid in Denmark, where he started out riding for the local club in Kolding, the small university city where he now lives with his wife and which he will always call home. Before he took up cycling, Kasper rode horses. From the age of four, he competed in dressage. He still draws on his childhood equestrian experience now as a pro bike racer. It taught him discipline: the value of showing up and putting in the work, no matter what.

Bike racing was tough for him at first. Kasper didn’t win a race for his first three years. He loved the sport nonetheless and was soon making fast progress. Now, he is one of the best one-day racers in the world.

Still, Kasper’s love of the sport is what drives him. Being a pro comes with pressures and hard times, but he knows that it is a privilege to be a bike racer. He races better when he is enjoying the sport, and he enjoys the sport most on a winning team.

Family bike rides turned into something more dedicated when Babette’s older sister joined a local cycling club as a teenager. Wanting to emulate her sibling, Babette began to take cycling more seriously. The pair often trained together, encouraging each other to grow and improve.

Now in her fourth season as a pro, Babette continues to grow and develop as a rider. Last season she sprinted her way to top five finishes on stages at the Tour of Britain and the Giro d’Italia and was a valuable teammate to help Noemi win the Tour Down Under.

Growing up in the Netherlands, Babette quickly learned to love headwinds and harsh weather. Today, she is happiest racing when the conditions are tough and the day includes cobbles or punchy hills. Naturally, she loves the spring classics.

Babette is currently studying in an online medical science course. She enjoys how studying forces her to take a break from cycling. Another passion of hers is cooking. Babette’s specialty is homemade gnocchi. When you hear Dutch dance music blasting from the team bus ahead of a race, you know it’s Babette’s turn to DJ.

American powerhouse Luke Lamperti packs a fast sprint and all of the toughness of a seasoned classics racer. Going into his third year in the WorldTour and his first with EF Education-EasyPost, the 23-year-old from Santa Rosa, California, already has six wins to his name, including a stage victory at the Czech Tour. Luke has podiumed in Belgian one-day races like Danilith Nokere Koers and the Bredene Koksijde Classic and dreams of winning monuments.

Luke raced motocross bikes before he switched to pedal power. As a kid, he started cycling to get stronger for dirt bike races and was thrilled by the freedom he discovered exploring his home roads. Luke’s motocross skills, determination, and strength led him to the front of the USA’s most competitive youth races. He was soon competing for one of the top junior teams in the country and traveling to Europe to race with the American national team. Results like his top 10 at Paris-Roubaix Juniors earned him a spot on Trinity Racing, where he rode with future EF Education-EasyPost teammates Ben Healy, Max Walker, and Lukas Nerurkar.

Luke is the kind of rider who can go for results on a wide range of terrain, from hilly, windy spring classics to summer stage races. His favorite races will always be the classics, though. He comes into his own on windswept cobbles and can’t wait to smash it up Belgium’s bergs with our classics squad alongside fellow Americans, Neilson Powless and Colby Simmons.

To achieve his bike racing dreams, Luke knows he needs to focus on the process. With our team, he is confident that he will have all of the support he needs to compete with the very best.

At just 24 years old, Nina is only getting warmed up. Now in her fourth season as a pro racer, she is a budding classics rider and she loves a hard day of racing in challenging weather conditions. Nina loves to race aggressively and relishes a chance to spend the day in the break.

This is her second year with EF Education-Oatly and Nina has shown time and again that she is a valuable teammate, always ready to take one more pull to help position her team leader and armed with a witty observation to share at the dinner table.

Nina has many fond memories of spending the summer with her family in their camper van as they followed the men’s edition of the Tour de France. That’s where she first got the idea to ride - she wondered how fast she could make it up the same iconic climbs she visited while watching the Tour. Now, it’s Nina’s turn to race up the climbs at the grand tours and inspire the next generation.

Her ideal vacation is anything to keep her outdoors and active. She adores hiking, backpacking, and bikepacking. Nina is currently in her second year of studying for her bachelor’s degree in psychology, so vacation time is admittedly limited these days!