Artem Shmidt (born 30 January 2004) is an American road racing cyclist, who currently rides for

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. In 2025, he won the elite time trial race at the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships.

Early life

From

Cumming, Georgia Cumming is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, and the sole incorporated area in the county. It is a suburban city, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. In the 2020 census, the population is 7,318, up fro ...

, 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.

Career

In 2022, he finished in fifth place in the junior road race and sixth place in the junior time trial at the

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, held in

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, Australia. He was signed by for the 2023 season. 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

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. In May 2024, he won the U23 time trial at the

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. In August 2024, he signed for , with Schmidt riding the 2024

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for the US national team before joining Ineos full time. In May 2025, he won the elite time trial race at the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships.

Major results

;2021 : 1st Overall SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : National Junior Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::4th

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: 4th Grand Prix Bob Jungels ;2022 : National Junior Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 3rd Overall SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse : 4th Overall Junioren Rundfahrt ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : UCI Junior Road World Championships ::5th Road race ::6th

: 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Junioren : 8th Grand Prix Bob Jungels ;2023 : 1st Stage 1

: 3rd

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: 4th Overall Vuelta Junior a la Ribera del Duero ::1st Mountains classification ;2024 : 1st

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th

: 8th

, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;2025 : 1st

, National Championships

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shmidt, Artem 2004 births American male cyclists Living people Cyclists from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from Cumming, Georgia 21st-century American sportsmen