Artem Shmidt

Artem Shmidt

Shmidt during the 2024 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(2004-01-30) January 30, 2004 (age 21) [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
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2025)

Artem Shmidt (born 30 January 2004) is an American road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. ^[2] In 2025, he won the elite time trial race at the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships.

Early life

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

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]

In May 2025, he won the elite time trial race at the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships. ^[10]

Major results

2021

1st Overall SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

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

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

2024

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

5th Coppa della Pace

8th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

2025

1st Time trial, National Championships

References

1. "Artem Shmidt". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
2. "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI . Retrieved 5 January 2024.
3. 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.
4. "Artem Shmidt Finishes Fifth, Viggo Moore Eleventh in Junior Men's Road World Championships". Cycling West. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
5. O'Shea, Sadhbh (Sep 20, 2022). "UCI Road World Championships: American Artem Shmidt shines in junior men's TT". Velo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
6. "USA Cycling Announces Road World Championships Roster". flobikes. 24 Aug 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. Gauthier, Nicolas (3 October 2023). "Istrian Spring Trophy - Artem Shmidt scores double on the 1st stage". cyclismactu.net. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
8. Tyson, Jackie (May 15, 2024). "USA National Road Championships: Artem Shmidt earns first U23 title with time trial victory". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
9. 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.
10. "Emily Ehrlich and Artem Shmidt win US national TT titles". Cycling Weekly. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

External links

• Artem Shmidt at UCI
• Artem Shmidt at Cycling Archives
• Artem Shmidt at ProCyclingStats