Artem Shmidt signs 'dream come true' pro contract with Ineos Grenadiers as third US rider

Picture by Alex BroadwaySWpixcom 20092022 Cycling 2022 UCI Road World Championships Wollongong New South Wales Australia Men Junior Individual Time Trial Artem Shmidt of The USA
Artem Shmidt competes for Team USA at 2022 UCI♓ Road World Championships in men’s junior time trial and finished sixth (Image credit: Alex BroadwaySWpixcom)

Reigning under-23 US national time trial champion Artem Shmidt signed a two-year contract with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers, putting the 20-year-old on the WorldTour team through 2026.&nb💝sp;

This is the first prof♍essional contract for the Georgia native, who will join the development squad at the end of August after competing with Team USA at the Tour de l’Avenir, ta༒king place August 18-24.

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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Pelot෴on Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations ag🐻ency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).