Mads Wurtz Schmidt is the Danish 2015 U23 World Time Trial Champion who built a long WorldTour career on time trial discipline and breakaway craft. After racing for Stölting, Katusha-Alpecin, and Israel-Premier Tech across Grand Tours and Classics, he has pivoted toward gravel and selective road events as a privateer. His perspective on the realities of being a workhorse-tier WorldTour rider — and the transition into post-WorldTour racing — is candid and useful for amateurs trying to understand how pro careers actually work.
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