Nikias Arndt
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| Full name | Nikias Arndt | |||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1991 Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team DSM | |||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | LKT Team Brandenburg | |||||||||||||
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| 2013– | Argos–Shimano[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Nikias Arndt (born 18 November 1991) is a German professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM.[3]
Career[]
He achieved his first professional victory at the 2013 Arctic Race of Norway, winning the third stage,[4] en route to finishing third overall behind Thor Hushovd and Kenny van Hummel. Arndt also won the young riders classification at the event, as the best-placed rider under the age of 25. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[5]
Major results[]
- 2009
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 4
- 2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Stage 1
- UCI Juniors Track World Championships
- 3rd
Omnium - 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 4th Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 9th Overall Kroz Istru
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Tour of Alanya
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 4 Cinturón a Mallorca
- 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Stage 6
- 9th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 2011
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd
- 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Overall Tour of Greece
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 3
- 1st Points race, Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix
- Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy
- 1st
Points classification Tour of Bulgaria - 3rd Omnium, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Beijing
- 2013
- 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2014
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Alberta
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Münsterland Giro
- 2016
- 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 7th Scheldeprijs
- 7th Rudi Altig Race
- 8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 2017
- 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 8th EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 2019
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
- 2021
- 1st
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 148 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 62 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | 84 | 67 | 116 | 126 | — |
 Vuelta a España
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136 | 102 | — | 159 | — | — | 69 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Arctic Race highlights up-and-coming talent Nikias Arndt". Arctic Race of Norway. Amaury Sport Organisation. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nikias Arndt. |
- Nikias Arndt at Cycling Archives
- Nikias Arndt at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- German male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
- People from Harburg (district)
- German Giro d'Italia stage winners
- German Vuelta a España stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of Germany
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics