{{Short description|American professional bicycle racer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name=Adam Myerson | image=Adam_Myerson_GPGloucester_2008.jpg | caption=Adam Myerson (Cycle-Smart) racing<br>at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA<br>at the 2008 edition of the Grand Prix of Gloucester | fullname=Adam Myerson | birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|5|9}} | birth_place=Norwood, Massachusetts, USA | height={{convert|5|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | currentteam=Cycle-Smart | discipline={{ubl|Road|Cyclo-cross}} | role=Rider | ridertype=Sprinter | amateuryears1=1991 | amateurteam1=Mass Bay Road Club | amateuryears2 = 1992 | amateurteam2 = Team Healthshare | amateuryears3 = 1993 | amateurteam3 = Team Ringle/Finals | amateuryears4 = 1994–1995 | amateurteam4 = G.S. Mengoni/Colnago | amateuryears6 = 1996-1998 | amateurteam6 = Breakaway Courier Systems | amateuryears7 = 1999 | amateurteam7 = Northampton Cycling Club | amateuryears8 = 2000 | amateurteam8 = Breakaway Courier Systems | amateuryears9 = 2001–2002 | amateurteam9 = G.S. Mengoni USA | amateuryears10 = 2011 | amateurteam10 = {{UCI team code|SSC|2011}} | amateuryears11= 2016– | amateurteam11 = Cycle-Smart | proyears1=2003 | proteam1=Sportsbook.com Cycling Team | proyears2 = 2004 | proteam2 = Sharper Image–Mathis Brothers Furniture | proyears3 = 2005–2007 | proteam3 = Nerac Pro Cycling Team | proyears4 = 2008–2014 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SSC|2009}} | proyears5 = 2015 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ACT|2015}} }}
thumb|right|alt=Adam Myerson racing in the Nacht van Woerden cyclocross, Netherlands, 2008.|Myerson racing in Europe.
'''Adam Myerson''' (born May 9, 1972) is an American professional<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=52534 |title=The Official Website - USA Cycling |access-date=2011-07-10 |archive-date=2017-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818214309/http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=52534 |url-status=dead }}</ref> bicycle racer specializing in cyclo-cross and criterium racing.
Adam is an active race promoter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cycle-smart.com/events/neccs/schedule/csi |title=Cycle-Smart International Cyclo-Cross | Cycle-Smart |accessdate=2009-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926025156/http://www.cycle-smart.com/events/neccs/schedule/csi |archivedate=2009-09-26 }}</ref> series organizer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cycle-smart.com/events/neccs |title=Welcome to the home of the New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series | Cycle-Smart |accessdate=2009-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001180843/http://www.cycle-smart.com/events/neccs |archivedate=2009-10-01 }}</ref> and coach; was the first American on the Union Cycliste Internationale Cyclo-cross commission (until 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/proctor-joins-uci-cyclo-cross-commission|title=Proctor joins UCI cyclo-cross commission|date=9 November 2009}}</ref> as well as the AIOC-Cross Management Committee;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aiocc.com/index.asp?lang=en |title=AIOCC.com - HOME |access-date=2009-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707095903/http://aiocc.com/index.asp?lang=en |archive-date=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was the USA Cycling Collegiate National Cyclocross Champion in 1997. Myerson lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.
Myerson has been a vegetarian since 1989, primarily for animal rights reasons.<ref name=cycle-smart>{{cite web|url= http://www.cycle-smart.com/Articles/find.php?search=37 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041225183944/http://www.cycle-smart.com/Articles/find.php?search=37|date=2004|accessdate=August 1, 2018|title=The Vegetarian Athlete, Part I|first=Adam |last=Myerson|archivedate=December 25, 2004|website=Cycle-Smart}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.organicathlete.org/post/vegan-athlete-adam-myerson#.W2HSOP4Ulg/|title=Adam Myerson - Cycling|author=Bradley Saul|accessdate=August 1, 2018|website=OrganicAthlete.org|date=September 16, 2004|url-status=live|archivedate=January 2, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102152653/http://www.organicathlete.org/post/vegan-athlete-adam-myerson}}</ref> He was also a strict vegan from the early 2000s to 2006.<ref name=cycle-smart/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=December 30, 2018|url=https://mythicalstateof.com/articles/fan-club-adam-myerson/|website=Mythicalstateof.com|title=TWENTY & NINE QUESTIONS WITH ADAM MYERSON|url-status=live|archivedate=September 5, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905133229/http://manualforspeed.com/fan-club/fan-club-adam-myerson/}}</ref> Myerson has published several articles on being a meat-free endurance athlete. He is an outspoken anti-doping advocate as well.{{clear|left}}
He is the owner and head coach of Cycle-Smart, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cxhairs.com/2017/09/28/crosshairs-radio-ep-87-the-b-squad-with-dan-chabanov/|title=Crosshairs Radio Ep 87: The B Squad with Dan Chabanov|date=28 September 2017}}</ref>
== Major results == ===Cyclo-cross=== {{palmares start}} ;1997 : 1st 20px National Collegiate Championships ;2003–2004 : 2nd Michael R. Rabe Midwest Cyclo-Cross ;2008–2009 : 3rd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 1 ;2009–2010 : 2nd Nittany Lion Cross : 2nd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 1 : 3rd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 2 : 3rd HPCX : 3rd Charm City Cross ;2010–2011 : 1st Verge New England Championship Cyclocross Series : 1st Downeast Cyclocross Day 2 : 1st NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 1 : 2nd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 2 : 2nd The Cycle-Smart International Day 2 : 2nd Nittany Lion Cross : 2nd HPCX : 3rd Baystate Cyclo-cross Day 1 : 3rd Baystate Cyclo-cross Day 2 ;2011–2012 : 3rd National Masters 40-45 Championships : 3rd Kingsport Cyclo-cross Cup ;2013–2014 : 3rd Kingsport Cyclo-cross Cup ;2016–2017 : 1st 20px National Masters 45-49 Championships ;2017–2018 : 1st 20px National Masters 45-49 Championships ;2018–2019 : 1st 20px Pan American Masters 45-54 Championships : 1st 20px National Masters 45-49 Championships ;2021–2022 : 1st 20px Pan American Masters 50-54 Championships {{palmares end}}
===Road=== {{palmares start}} ;2003 : 1st Stage 8 FBD Milk Rás ;2007 : 3rd Harlem Skyscraper Classic : 4th Overall USA Crits ;2008 : 2nd Overall USA Crits ;2009 : 3rd Overall USA CRITS : 5th Criterium, National Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Stage 8 Tour of America's Dairyland : 2nd Tour of Somerville ;2017 : 1st 20px Road race, National Masters 45-49 Championships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usacycling.org/eight-more-earn-national-titles-in-the-road-race.htm|title=Eight more earn RR national titles - USA Cycling|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> : 3rd Clarendon Cup ;2018 : 1st 20px Criterium, National Masters 45-49 Championships {{palmares end}}
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== External links == {{Wikiquote}} *{{Sports links}} * {{Official website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091205051139/http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/12/01/interview-adam-myerson-man-of-many-hats-part-1/ Interview: Adam Myerson - man of many hats] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171322/http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/12/03/interview-adam-myerson-man-of-many-hats-part-2/ part 2]) from Podium Insight
{{DEFAULTSORT:Myerson, Adam}} Category:American male cyclists Category:American cyclo-cross cyclists Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:Sportspeople from Norwood, Massachusetts Category:People from Dorchester, Boston Category:20th-century American sportsmen