Artem Shmidt
 Shmidt during the 2024 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 2004[1] |
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2022 | Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2023–2024 | Hagens Berman Axeon |
| 2024– | Ineos Grenadiers |
Artem Shmidt (born 30 January 2004) is an American road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[2] In 2024, he won the USA national under-23 time trial championships and signed for Ineos Grenadiers.
Early life
[edit]From Cumming, Georgia, he won age-group US amateur road titles on the road, time trial and criterium as a 12 year-old. In 2021, he finished third in the road race at US Men’s Junior National Road Race Championships.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2022, he finished in fifth place in the junior road race and sixth place in the junior time trial at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, held in Wollongong, Australia.[4][5]
He was signed by Hagens Berman Axeon for the 2023 season.[6] In October 2023, riding for Hagens Berman Axeon, he won his first UCI classified 2.2 race with victory on the first stage of the Istrian Spring Trophy.[7]
In May 2024, he won the U23 time trial at the United States National Road Race Championships.[8] In August 2024, he signed for Ineos Grenadiers, with Schmidt riding the 2024 Tour de l'Avenir for the US national team before joining Ineos full time.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2021
- 1st
Overall SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- National Junior Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 4th Grand Prix Bob Jungels
- 2022
- National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Overall SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse
- 4th Overall Junioren Rundfahrt
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 5th Road race
- 6th Time trial
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Junioren
- 8th Grand Prix Bob Jungels
- 2023
- 1st Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy
- 3rd Coppa della Pace
- 4th Overall Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duero
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2024
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 5th Coppa della Pace
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Artem Shmidt". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (November 11, 2023). "Artem Shmidt makes ambitious turn at 19 as 'cycling more a job than a hobby'". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Artem Shmidt Finishes Fifth, Viggo Moore Eleventh in Junior Men's Road World Championships". Cycling West. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (Sep 20, 2022). "UCI Road World Championships: American Artem Shmidt shines in junior men's TT". Velo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "USA Cycling Announces Road World Championships Roster". flobikes. 24 Aug 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Gauthier, Nicolas (3 October 2023). "Istrian Spring Trophy - Artem Shmidt scores double on the 1st stage". cyclismactu.net. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (May 15, 2024). "USA National Road Championships: Artem Shmidt earns first U23 title with time trial victory". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Beckett, Adam (16 August 2024). "All the pro peloton transfers for 2025: Ineos Grenadiers sign American U23 talent Artem Schmidt". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Artem Shmidt at Cycling Archives
- Artem Shmidt at ProCyclingStats
