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Start of the 2023 is getting sooner with any day, so it is time for final part of my ,,Young riders to watch in 2023 continental teams '' list. In case you have missed parts one and two , I recommend you to start with them before continuing reading. 5. Artem Schmidt   Another follower of trend of great young American riders from past couple of years. Great time-trialist capable in hilly terrain might flourish into classics specialist or even target general classification of some races. Coming back from his European spell with Cannibal team, he will join line-up of well know Hagens Berman Axeon . 4. Romet Pajur One more proof that cycling has future in Baltics. Estonian sprinter can target stage victories and points jerseys, but in junior category he managed to be succesful in various types of classics aswell. I remember him from Course de la Paix juniors this year, where he did not struggled much when stages were really exhausting. His new team, Lotto-Kern Haus , started kind ...

As the New year just kicked off couple of days ago, I am bringing you second part of my 15 young riders to watch in 2023 continental teams. In case you missed it, I recommend checking out initial article before continuing reading this one. 10. Aivaras Mikutis Lithuanian time-trial champion will ride for Tudor development team in upcoming season. Despite I have opted not to include riders in dev squads of WT formations, I think those connected to pro conti teams only are still bit undiscovered. His results so far suggested he might be well-rounded rouleur in his future career. It will be definitely exciting to see if he can match his compatriots like Navardauskas and Siskevicius, who shared similar racing qualities. 15th place from U23 ITT world championships adds up to his palmares. 9. Tomáš Kopecký Oldest from promising Kopecký family trio. He already proved his qualities against great competition, when he ended 8th in general classification of ZLM Tour . His experiences with Benelu...