Schiffer turned his focus to cycling relatively late, having previously competed as a triathlete during his youth. In 2022, he decided to fully commit to cycling, and by mid-2023 he had joined the continental-level Bike Aid team. There, he combined his cycling career with activities as a coach for both cyclists and triathletes. In part because of the support of his team, he was able to quickly grow as a rider. This season, he consistently performed at a high level, securing second place in the general classification at the Tour of Hellas and fourth at the Sibiu Cycling Tour, where he also claimed his first professional victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis step may come as a surprise to the outside world, but given how this season has progressed, it doesn\u2019t surprise me as much,\u201d said a delighted Schiffer about his move to the WorldTour. \u201cI had already been in contact with the team since the Tour of Hellas, and I\u2019m happy that it ultimately led to my first WorldTour contract. I\u2019m looking forward to really living like a professional athlete for the first time. Being able to fully focus on my sport, combined with the support from internal experts, the use of the Athlete\u2019s FoodCoach, the equipment, and the team\u2019s experience are all things I hope will help me grow as a rider.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schiffer turned his focus to cycling relatively late, having previously competed as a triathlete during his youth. In…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-83588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}