Nils Politt

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Nils Politt

Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[6]

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Nils Politt
Politt in 2023
Personal information
Full nameNils Politt
NicknameThe Giraffe[1]
Born (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 31)
Cologne, Germany
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates XRG
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Classics specialist
Amateur teams
2005–2012RV Komet–Delia 09 Köln e.V.
2015Team Katusha (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013–2015Team Stölting
2016–2019Team Katusha[3]
2020Israel Start-Up Nation[4]
2021–2023Bora–Hansgrohe[5]
2024–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2021)

Stage races

Deutschland Tour (2021)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2022)
National Time Trial Championships (2023, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
2019 YorkshireMixed team relay
European Championships
2024 LimburgMixed team relay
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Career

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Team Katusha (2016–2020)

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Politt at the 2019 Tour de France

In September 2015 Team Katusha announced that Politt had signed a two-year contract with the team from 2016, and that he would make his debut for the team as a stagiaire at the Tour de l'Eurométropole later that month.[7] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[8]

2019 was to be a breakthrough season for Politt, beginning with a second place in the individual time trial at Paris–Nice.[9] He then went on to place sixth in the E3 BinckBank Classic,[10] fifth in the Tour of Flanders,[11] and second in Paris–Roubaix.[12]

Israel Start-Up Nation (2020)

In 2020 Politt joined Israel Start-Up Nation which bought Team Katusha–Alpecin's UCI WorldTour license in 2019.[13] Also joining the team was former Team Katusha–Alpecin teammate Rick Zabel,[14] who played an important role in Politt’s second place at the 2019 Paris–Roubaix. Hired by the team to play a leading role in the spring classics, Politt would also have the opportunity to learn from experienced teammates like André Greipel.

He once again performed well at Paris–Nice, with a fourth place on stage 2.[15] However, there would be no other notable results in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bora–Hansgrohe (2021–2023)

In August 2020, Politt signed a three-year contract with Bora–Hansgrohe, from the 2021 season onwards.[16] In July 2021, Politt won the twelfth stage of the Tour de France, having featured as part of an initial thirteen-rider breakaway, before making a solo attack with just under 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) remaining.[17][18] The following month, he won a stage and the general classification at the Deutschland Tour.[19][20]

In May 2022, he won at Rund um Köln.[21] A month later he won the German National Road Race Championships. Politt rode the Tour de France for the sixth time, supporting his teammate Aleksandr Vlasov to fifth place in the general classification.[22]

Politt started the 2023 season well with a seventh place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, yet failed to break into the top 20 at any of the other spring classics. In June, Politt won another national championship jersey, this time in the individual time trial.[23]

UAE Team Emirates (2024–)

In 2024, Politt moved to UAE Team Emirates on a three-year contract.[24] He produced strong results in his first spring season with the team, riding to a second place finish at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, third place at the Tour of Flanders and fourth at Paris–Roubaix.[25]

Major results

Road

2012
2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships
2013
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2014
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
2015
National Under-23 Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Rund um Düren
3rd Kattekoers
6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
2016
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
5th Le Samyn
6th Tour de l'Eurométropole
9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2017
National Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
2018 (1 pro win)
2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 4
3rd Münsterland Giro
5th Time trial, National Championships
7th Paris–Roubaix
2019
2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
National Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
2nd Paris–Roubaix
4th Rund um Köln
5th Overall Tour of Britain
5th Tour of Flanders
6th E3 Binckbank Classic
2021 (3)
1st Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 3
Tour de France
1st Stage 12
Combativity award Stage 12
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
4th Time trial, National Championships
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
9th Bredene Koksijde Classic
10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2022 (2)
National Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Rund um Köln
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
Combativity award Stage 15 Tour de France
2023 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
8th Hamburg Cyclassics
8th Rund um Köln
9th Overall Deutschland Tour
9th Overall Tour of Britain
10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2024 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd Tour of Flanders
4th Paris–Roubaix
7th Time trial, UEC European Championships
7th E3 Saxo Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

More information Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia ...
Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Giro d'Italia
Tour de France 95 87 64 120 50 56 62 75
Vuelta a España
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Classics results timeline

More information Monument, Milan–San Remo ...
Monument 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo 61 27 21
Tour of Flanders 89 42 17 5 19 22 47 20 3
Paris–Roubaix DNF 27 7 2 NH DNF 22 35 4
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 81
Giro di Lombardia Has not contested during his career
Classic 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 100 DNF 83 19 47 10 27 7 2
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 83 76 13 DSQ 37 7 46 26
E3 Harelbeke 47 70 54 6 NH 72 13 7
Gent–Wevelgem 52 79 20 27
Dwars door Vlaanderen 110 52 49 21 NH 38 5 10 12
Hamburg Cyclassics 132 82 27 16 Not held 24 8
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More information —, NH ...
Legend
Did not compete
NH Not held
DNS Did not start
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
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Track

2011
National Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Stefan Schneider)
2012
1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Nils Schomber)
2020
1st Six Days of Bremen (with Kenny De Ketele)

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