[5] He moved to EF Education First from UCI Continental team Euskaltel–Euskadi in May 2019,[6] having initially been set to join in the summer.

[8] In early 2020 he finished 3rd in Paris-Nice and won the best young rider jersey.

On stage 6 of the 2022 Volta a Catalunya he went on a long distance attack with Richard Carapaz.

The pair stayed away for over 100 kilometers and Higuita moved into the leader's jersey.

[11] He defended his position on the final stage in Barcelona and also won the Mountains and Best Young Rider classifications.