Nick Schultz Joins Israel Premier Tech in Last-Minute Deal
Israel Premier Tech (IPT) has expanded its 2023 rider roster with the signing of Australian climber Nick Schultz. Despite considering their roster complete, IPT seized the opportunity to bring on the 28-year-old rider, who narrowly missed a stage win at the Tour de France last year.
“We are very happy to have found room for Nick Schultz in the team for the 2023 season,” says IPT General Manager Kjell Carlström. “Nick is a great climber and will provide key support for our GC and Classics leaders while also pursuing his own ambitions. We look forward to helping Nick continue to grow as a rider and take on an important role in the team.”
IPT owner Sylvan Adams adds, “He is a solid and versatile professional who can contribute in a variety of ways. Moreover, he’s known to be an excellent teammate, which will fit well with our team culture.”
Schultz has already demonstrated his climbing capabilities with wins at the Herald Sun Tour in 2019 and the Sazka Tour in 2021. With his one-year deal with IPT secured, Schultz is motivated to make an impact in his new colors in 2023.
“I’m really grateful to IPT for offering me a contract so late in the year,” says Schultz. “I’m very excited to join a group of great people where I’ll find some familiar faces. I hope to play an important role in helping the team wherever I can and also be ambitious trying to achieve some results to repay the confidence that the team showed in me. All in all, I’m just really looking forward to being with everybody at the races and getting stuck in.”
Schultz will join his teammates at the next pre-season training camp in Spain in January.
