{"id":740887,"date":"2026-08-17T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740887\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:34:09","slug":"pinarello-q36-5-sign-deal-with-talented-young-american-racer-aj-august-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740887\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinarello-Q36.5 sign deal with talented young American racer AJ August for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pinarello-Q36.5 <\/a>have announced that one of North America<\/a>‘s most promising young racers, Andrew ‘AJ’ August, will be moving to their team in 2027.<\/p>\n

The news comes hot on the heels of the 20-year-old from Rochester in the USA taking his first overall stage race win, the Czech Tour this weekend<\/a>. In a breakthrough season, August has already won a rain-soaked, ultra-tough, stage of the Itzulia Basque Country this April <\/a>and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February, racking up a total of five victories to date.<\/p>\n

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After spending his first three years at Netcompany Ineos, August will now be heading to Pinarello-Q36.5 as the Swiss-registered ProTeam continue to make some major additions to boost their 2027 lineup.<\/p>\n

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Riders of the calibre of Tour de France stage winner and Swiss National Champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla)<\/a>, Australian allrounder Sebastian Berwick (Caja Rural-SegurosRGA) and promising young Czech sprinter Pavel Bittner (Picnic PostNL) had already been announced as signings prior to the confirmation that August will also be joining Pinarello-Q36.5 on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n

“Racing in the US is completely different to racing in Europe, so it was a big transition, both as a junior and then as a professional,” August said in a Pinarello-Q36.5 press release.<\/p>\n

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“Joining Ineos at 18 meant jumping straight into the deep end, but it allowed me to learn how cycling works at the highest level.<\/p>\n

“From my first conversations with Pinarello-Q36.5, the professionalism of the team really impressed me. It gave me the strongest feeling that this is the best place to continue my development and become the best rider I can be.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cAndrew is a rider who has impressed us for some time”, Pinarello-Q36.5 team principal Doug Ryder added.<\/p>\n

“At only 20 years old, he already has valuable WorldTour experience, and what stands out is how quickly he continues to develop.<\/p>\n

“His performances this season, including two stage wins and the overall victory at the Czech Tour, show both his talent and his ability to turn potential into results.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pinarello-Q36.5 have announced that one of North America‘s most promising young racers, Andrew ‘AJ’ August, will be moving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-740887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}