Artem Shmidt

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

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.

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 Istrian Spring Trophy.

In May 2024, he won the U23 time trial at the United States National Road Race Championships. In August 2024, he signed for , with Schmidt riding the 2024 Tour de l'Avenir 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 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 (1 pro win) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 2026 (2) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Classique Dunkerque 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk