Alice Towers will join EF Education-Oatly in 2026, leaving Canyon SRAM after three seasons to take on a bigger role in the Women’s WorldTour. The 22-year-old Briton already has one pro victory to her name, a memorable solo win at the Great Britain road race championships in 2022, and has since built a reputation as a strong all-rounder and reliable domestique.
Her 2025 campaign showed flashes of promise, with 10th overall at the Tour Down Under and 14th at the Cadel Evans Road Race. Over the past three years, she has worked tirelessly in support of her teammates at Canyon SRAM, playing a part in stage and overall victories at the Tour de France Femmes, RideLondon Classique and the Tour Down Under. Now, she is looking forward to testing herself with greater freedom.
“I want to be a rider who competes in the final for a win,” Towers explained. “I’d like to win a race next year, that’s my goal. I don’t mind what level, if it’s WorldTour or .1, I just want to be competing. Looking further ahead, I’d love to win a stage at a Grand Tour or one of the Ardennes classics – that’s the absolute dream.”
Towers is well-suited to tough one-day races and rolling stage profiles, with a particular affection for the attritional style of the Ardennes. “I like the more challenging, gruelling one-day races where it’s up and down all day. Definitely races with a bit more elevation gain suit me, but not necessarily summit finishes. A long, hard day, I’m looking forward to it,” she said. A self-professed fan of bad-weather racing, Towers added: “Being from the UK, it just doesn’t bother me. If everyone else is hating it and complaining, and you don’t let it get to you, you’ve already got a bit of a head start.”
For EF Education-Oatly, her arrival is about both development and leadership. General manager Esra Tromp described her as a rider still in the early stages of her growth. “Alice is the kind of rider who still has some developing to do, which means she is only beginning to explore her full potential. She has the ambition and the legs to go far, and I can see her becoming one of our key riders for the spring classics, whether as a teammate or eventually as a leader.”
While leadership opportunities are a key motivation, Towers is equally keen to continue working as part of a collective effort. “I’m joining the team with a bit of freedom to discover what kind of rider I want to be. I’ll definitely have some opportunities to be more of a leader, but in the bigger races I’ll support my teammates. I still love being part of a team effort, but I’m looking forward to getting more opportunities too.”
Having started her career with Drops-Le Col supported by Tempur in 2021 before moving through Le Col Wahoo and Canyon SRAM, Towers believes EF Education-Oatly is the right fit for her personality and ambitions. “It just felt right,” she said. “This is a super exciting, fun team to be on, and I really value that. Cycling doesn’t go your way most of the time, so you need a good group of people around you. The style of racing EF Education-Oatly shows – attacking, aggressive, all-or-nothing – that’s exactly the kind of racing I want to be a part of.”
