Mikkel Frølich Honoré will join Team Jayco AlUla for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, leaving EF Education–EasyPost after four years with the American WorldTour squad. The 29-year-old Dane is being recruited to strengthen the Australian team’s options in hilly one-day races and stage races, following a late-season return to form after a serious crash disrupted his spring.
GreenEDGE confirmed the two-year agreement on Tuesday, bringing an end to speculation over Honoré’s future after he announced that he would not remain at EF beyond 2026. Honoré previously spent four full seasons with Quick-Step and arrives with experience of the Ardennes Classics, Grand Tours and selective stage-race finishes.
The signing is particularly timely for Jayco AlUla. Ben O’Connor is returning to Decathlon CMA CGM for 2027, while Mauro Schmid is heading to Pinarello Q36.5. Honoré will not replace either rider’s full range of abilities, but gives the team another experienced option on courses where repeated climbs and aggressive racing are likely to decide the result.
Honoré’s injury-hit 2026 ends with a strong autumn
Honoré’s final season at EF was interrupted by a heavy crash earlier in the year that left him with multiple fractures and affected his spring programme. Rather than returning immediately to his previous level, he had to rebuild through racing and training before producing a series of more competitive results in September and October.
He finished sixth at the Giro della Toscana in September, then took third at Memorial Marco Pantani. A stage of the Tour de Luxembourg brought another near miss when he finished second behind Mathieu van der Poel, a result that showed his speed and climbing ability had returned on demanding terrain.
Honoré then placed 19th in the World Championships road race in Montréal and 16th at the European Championships in Slovenia. Neither result was a victory, but competing inside the top 20 against international fields offered further evidence of his recovery. He finished the road season at the Tour of Guangxi before preparing to meet his new team.
The sequence matters more than any one placing. After a long interruption, Honoré was again able to contest selective finishes and contribute across a demanding series of races. GreenEDGE head of performance Gene Bates highlighted that recovery in the announcement, identifying his experience and strength in one-day racing as important reasons for bringing him into the squad.
Basque Country breakthrough and Classics pedigree
Honoré’s strongest run of results came in 2021 with Deceuninck–Quick-Step. He won stage five of the Itzulia Basque Country after attacking alongside team-mate Josef Černý and breaking clear of their remaining companion. It was a demonstration of the type of race situation that continues to suit him: a hard, undulating stage reduced to a small leading group, where tactics are as important as outright climbing speed.
Earlier that season he had won the final stage of Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali and finished second overall. He also took third at both the Clásica San Sebastián and Bretagne Classic, adding to his reputation as a rider comfortable in difficult one-day races rather than a specialist for only one terrain.
His 2021 results extended into stage races, with fifth overall at the Tour de Pologne and fourth at the Tour of Britain. The combination gives a clearer picture of what he can offer Jayco AlUla. He is unlikely to be recruited as a principal three-week general classification leader, but his ability to survive hard racing and respond late makes him useful in Classics and medium-mountain stages.
Four seasons at EF Education–EasyPost
Honoré moved to EF Education–EasyPost for 2023 following his spell at Quick-Step. Although he did not add another major individual win, he became an established member of a squad that regularly encouraged riders to attack in the Classics and hunt stages at the Grand Tours.
There were useful results along the way. In 2025 he finished fourth overall at the Tour of Guangxi, while also finishing 12th in the elite men’s road race at the World Championships. He was often involved in races where EF’s most visible results went to other riders, a reminder that the value of a strong domestique and secondary attacking option can be difficult to capture through victories alone.
After the crash in 2026, a fresh contract was not assured. Honoré confirmed in October that he was leaving EF but initially declined to name his next destination. Jayco AlUla have now made that move official, offering stability through the end of 2028 and a clear place within their ambitions for the Classics.
What Honoré adds to Team Jayco AlUla for 2027
Jayco AlUla’s roster is changing across several areas. Alongside the departures of O’Connor and Schmid, the team have confirmed Sam Welsford’s arrival from Netcompany INEOS to strengthen its sprinting options. Honoré serves a different purpose, with his best performances coming in races that favour a selective move, reduced-group sprint or repeated climbs.
He should be able to support a protected leader in the Ardennes and other hilly Classics, but also take his own chances when a race breaks into smaller groups. His previous victories illustrate that he is at his best when his team can put riders into decisive moves rather than relying entirely on the final sprint or the strongest pure climber.
The key question will be whether his late-2026 recovery becomes a sustained return to form. The two-year agreement gives both rider and team time to answer it, with Honoré bringing extensive experience from Quick-Step and EF Education–EasyPost to a third WorldTour environment.
