Kaia Schmid
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| Full name | Kaia Schmid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 7, 2003 Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Liv-AlUla-Jayco Women's Continental Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020-2021 | LUX Junior Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2023 | Human Powered Health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Liv-AlUla-Jayco Women's Continental Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaia Schmid (born January 7, 2003) is an American professional cyclist, who currently rides for Liv AlUla Jayco's Continental team.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]Schmid was raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts, where she pursued track, cyclo-cross, and road cycling, as well as mogul skiing.[2][3] By 2018, Schmid committed to cycling, and rode with the amateur New England Devo team before joining LUX Junior Cycling in 2020.[2] She had a successful junior career, winning seven national titles on the road and track, a world track title in the elimination race, and a silver medal in the road race at 2021 UCI Road World Championships.[2][4][5]
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Following her performance at the world championships, Schmid was called "next big star of American bike racing" in 2021 by Cyclingnews.com.[2] She was also named to a list of "six young riders to watch" for 2022 by Velo magazine.[6]
Professional career
[edit]Schmid joined UCI WorldTeam Human Powered Health before the 2022 season.[5][7] In interviews with both Cyclingnews.com and Velo, Schmid has stated she struggled physically and mentally with the transition from junior to professional racing.[8][9] Schmid dealt with multiple illnesses during the 2022 season, including glandular fever, and crashed during a race, causing her to miss multiple months with injury.[9] Schmid revealed in 2023 that she was also impacted by relative energy deficiency in sport during this time.[9] Reflecting on the mental transition of winning at the junior level to "merely fighting for survival" in senior races, Schmid has advocated for more U23 women's races to help young riders develop, similar to what exists in men's cycling.[8]
Major results
[edit]Source:[10]
Road
[edit]- 2021
- 2nd
Road race, UCI World Junior Road Championships - 2022
- 5th MerXem Classic
References
[edit]- ^ "Kaia Schmid - Team Jayco Alula". greenedgecycling.com. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Frattini, Kirsten (November 25, 2021). "Introducing: Kaia Schmid". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ "TEAM TALK – Kaia Schmid: a passion for skiing, cycling as mini vacation and her home away from home". greenedgecycling.com. Team Jayco Alula. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ Delaney, Ben (September 25, 2021). "American Kaia Schmid: 'Any day on a worlds podium is a good day'". VeloNews. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ a b "Rally Cycling adds developing talents Kaia Schmid and Makayla MacPherson". cyclingnews.com. November 2, 2021. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (January 3, 2022). "Six young riders to watch in the 2022 WorldTour pelotons". Velo. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Matthew (November 2, 2021). "Junior stars Makayla MacPherson and Kaia Schmid make the leap". procyclinguk.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Challis, Dan (August 27, 2023). "'From winning as a junior to struggling to finish' – Why women's cycling needs an under-23 category". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ^ a b c Jones, Amy (March 13, 2023). "Kaia Schmid: Weight matters but not at the cost of your health". Velo. Archived from the original on May 18, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "Kaia Schmid". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Kaia Schmid at UCI
- Kaia Schmid at Cycling Archives
- Kaia Schmid at ProCyclingStats
