Quinn Simmons is already training hard for 2023, clocking up a seven-hour, 232km ride in Arizona this week, before he travels to Spain for Trek-Segafredo ’s first formal training camp of the new season.
The 21-year-old American will begin his fourth campaign at WorldTour level in 2023, which is also a contract year, hungry to finally make a breakthrough and take his place among the new young generation of riders who have become prodigious winners at the top level.
“I’ve been on the podium, I’ve been in the breaks, I’ve gotten jerseys at races, I’ve done all this stuff. Now it’s time to start winning,” Simmons recently told Cyclingnews and Velonews in a joint interview.
“I used to be a promise and if I’m honest, I’m sick of just showing promise. I want the promise to be something. I want to finally be able to be the one who can get it done.”
Simmons will know more about his 2023 race schedule at the Trek-Segafredo training camp but his personal ambitions are clear.
“In 2023 I want to be good for Strade Bianche again and follow the same schedule as last year, be competitive to try and win it. I’ve now been in the top ten, so the podium would be the next step.
“I don’t want to go to the Tour next year and just ride six times in the breakaway again, I want to go and maybe I only ride twice in the break but take a stage. Also in the Classics, I […]
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