Nils Politt
Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[5]
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| Full name | Nils Politt | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Giraffe[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1994 Cologne, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Rouleur, Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | RV Komet–Delia 09 Köln e.V. | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Team Katusha (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Team Stölting | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Team Katusha[3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Israel Start-Up Nation[4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Bora–Hansgrohe | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
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.[6] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[7]
Bora–Hansgrohe (2021–present)
In August 2020, Politt signed a three-year contract with Bora–Hansgrohe, from the 2021 season onwards.[8] 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.[9][10] The following month, he won a stage and the general classification at the Deutschland Tour.[11][12] In May 2022, he won at Rund um Köln.[13]
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
- 1st
- 2nd Rund um Düren
- 3rd Kattekoers
- 6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 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
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
95 | 87 | 64 | 120 | 50 | 56 | 62 |
| Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 61 | 27 | — | — | — | 21 |
| Tour of Flanders | 89 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 20 |
| Paris–Roubaix | DNF | 27 | 7 | 2 | NH | DNF | 22 | 35 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 100 | DNF | 83 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 27 | 7 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 83 | 76 | 13 | DSQ | 37 | 7 | 46 | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | 47 | 70 | 54 | 6 | NH | — | 72 | 13 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | 79 | 20 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 110 | 52 | 49 | 21 | NH | 38 | 5 | 10 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 132 | 82 | 27 | 16 | Not held | 24 | 8 | |
| — | Did not compete |
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| NH | Not held |
| DNS | Did not start |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
Track
- 2011
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Stefan Schneider)
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Nils Schomber)
- 2020
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Kenny De Ketele)
References
- Ryan, Barry (8 July 2021). "Greipel passes on advice to training partner Politt in Tour de France breakaway". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "Nils Politt - Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Jurgen Van den Broeck and Nils Politt join Team Katusha" (Press release). Team Katusha. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Politt signs for Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- "Tour de France 2021: German rider Nils Politt wins stage 12 in Nimes". Sky Sports. Sky UK. Associated Press. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- Whittle, Jeremy (8 July 2021). "Nils Politt pushes hard to take first Grand Tour stage win in Nîmes". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- Ronald, Issy (28 August 2021). "Politt solos to victory on stage 3 of Deutschland Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- "Deutschland Tour: Politt wins overall title". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- "Nils Politt takes solo win at Rund um Köln". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
External links
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- Nils Politt at UCI
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- Nils Politt at ProCyclingStats
- Nils Politt at Cycling Quotient
- Nils Politt at CycleBase
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