Artem Shmidt (Hagens Berman Jayco) secured his first U23 nationwide title Wednesday as he gained the person time trial at USA Cycling Pro Road Championships in Charleston, West Virginia.
The 20-year-old Georgia native accomplished the 2 circuits on the flat 20.9-mile (33.7km) course in 38:52. He was a full one minute quicker than Troy Fields (Team Califonia p/b Verge) and Owen Cole (UAE Team Emirates Gen Z), with Fields taking the silver medal by four-hundredths of a second.
Colby Simmons (Visma-Lease a Bike U23) completed fourth from the 29-rider subject, seven seconds off the successful time.
Shmidt, who had gained two ITT nationwide titles as a junior, recorded the quickest time on the intermediate verify and sailed away for the victory. It was Cole who made probably the most of his second lap on the out-and-back course that adopted the banks of the Kanawha River, transferring from fifth place to the ultimate spot on the rostrum.
The 2024 street nationals marked the primary time the U23 males’s occasions have been hosted alongside the Pro divisions, because the under-23 males beforehand raced on a unique calendar date and course as a part of USA Cycling’s Amateur National Championships.
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