On Sunday night, Lachlan Morton rode into Sacramento, California and finished his six-day-21-hour-and 15-minute ride across the route of the Pony Express, beating the horseback record set on the old fast mailroute across the American West 160 years ago.

Lachlan Morton rode into Sacramento, California and finished his six-day-21-hour-and 15-minute ride across the route of the Pony Express, beating the horseback record set on the old fast mailroute across the American West 160 years ago. Read his thoughts from the finish.

Lachlan Morton reflects on his his record-breaking ride on the Pony Express

EF Pro Cycling rider beat horseback record set 160 years ago

Lachlan Morton reflects on his record-breaking ride on the Pony Express

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1,966 miles. Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. Our Australian adventurer aims to ride the mythic mail route across the American West faster than the old horseback record

Lachlan Morton's Pony Express

On Saturday, Magdeleine Vallières will race to defend her rainbow jersey in front of her home crowds at the world road race championships in Montréal.

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Ben Healy took off deep in the finale of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, launching one of his trademark solo attacks around the brutal circuit of Mount Royal.

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You left the Vuelta in an ambulance and went to the hospital. What happened when you got there? 

A few days later, you had surgery at home in Switzerland and that went well. What was the plan for getting back to training?

What did your recovery process look like?

Getting to use your Wahoo KICKR and later getting to ride outside again must have felt like steps forward in your recovery. Were there other moments that felt like small victories?

Normally you would have been going to races in May, June, and July. In some ways, was it a gift to have so much time at home?

When you got the go ahead from the doctors to ride outside again, describe what you felt during that first ride.

At any point did you have any doubts about being ready to race the Tour?

What did you tell yourself to stay motivated through the challenging moments?

The start of the fifth edition of the Tour de France Femmes is just days away. What is your goal for stage one?

Not only is Noemi Rüegg back, she’s on her way to the Tour de France Femmes.

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2025 was a massive year for you, on the back of several big seasons. Are things different for you racing this year?

Are you going to have to change your approach to take the next step — being a marked man and all that?

Everyone asks you "what's next." How do you think about that kind of question? Do you think in steps?

How do you handle all of the training camps and time away from home?

Tell us a bit about where you're from — the terrain, the weather.

Where does your aggressive racing style come from? Have you always been that attacking character?

You race for Ireland. Can you tell the story of being on the GB program, getting let go, and choosing to keep going?

Through all of that — were you just following the next opportunity, or did you have a sense that you could make it to the top?

How do you maintain that relaxed, enjoyable approach in what is, by any measure, a high-pressure world?

Do you feel like you now know what works for you — do you have the confidence to say, this is what I need?

You said something once, that you need to "tame the Mad Dog Ben." What is that?

A lot of people describe your racing style as a throwback — a romantic, old-school attacking style. Is that something you want to protect, even as you become more tactical?

What does it feel like to win a bike race alone — to win from a solo attack?

What was that like — seeing people you see every day suddenly losing it?

There was a quote in one of the papers about the moment you realized your life had changed — when you saw people filming you on their phones after losing the jersey. Can you talk about noticing the shift in attention?

Could you ever have imagined any of this?

Do you think you'll ever adapt to the attention, or is this just the new normal?

Tell us about the relationship with your coach Jacob. You have worked together for 10 years now. How did that develop?

How do the two of you work together on preparing for a season?

He mentioned it seems fun for you — is that part of why you keep succeeding?

What's got your attention most at the moment, technically or tactically?

What are the big goals for the coming years?

What was your biggest learning from 2025?

What do you want to achieve in your career? And what does that even mean to you?

Are you not primarily motivated by winning itself?

Last question: who were you before all of this success, and how do you relate to that person now?

Ben Healy has always blazed his own path.

Before the start of the Tour de France, watch The Individualist, the latest film in EF Pro Cycling's Explore Series presented by Wahoo

Catching up with Ben Healy

Axelle Dubau-Prévôt and Lachlan Morton will explore cycling’s furthest reaches in 2026.

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Axelle Dubau-Prévôt and Lachlan Morton will race Far Beyond their old frontiers in 2026

EF Pro Cycling’s off-road program will mix hard-core racing and exploration

Axelle Dubau-Prévôt and Lachlan Morton will race Far Beyond their old frontiers in 2026 

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This evening, Richard Carapaz and his teammates celebrated the finish of the 2026 Vuelta a España by the Alhambra palace in Granada.

Squad attacked all the way to Granada

Richard Carapaz finishes fourth at the Vuelta a España

Nina Berton charged to victory at the Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic to finish off a heroic ride from EF Education-Oatly on the dirt roads of Brittany.

Luxembourger launches late charge to win tough Breton road race

Nina Berton wins Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic

Richard Carapaz will race the 2026 Vuelta a España with one aim: to stand on the final general classification podium in Granada.

Tour de France King of the Mountains will race Spanish grand tour with GC ambitions

Richard Carapaz leads EF Education-EasyPost into the Vuelta a España

Sean Quinn

After his breakthrough Tour de France ride, Sean Quinn signed on for three more years with EF Education-EasyPost.

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American signs for three more years with the squad

A new season, a new perspective. This year, we’re not only exploring the world, we’re seeking to gain a new perspective. From the mountains of Italy to the cobblestones of France and Belgium to the gravel roads of Kansas and Colorado and beyond, we want to learn more about ourselves, each other and the broader community around us.

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