Nils Politt
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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] | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | 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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Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[5]
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 2017 Tour de France.[7]
In August 2020, Politt signed a three-year contract with Bora–Hansgrohe, from the 2021 season onwards.[8] On July 8, 2021, Politt secured his biggest professional victory in Stage 12 of the 2021 Tour de France.
Major results[]
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2014
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 3rd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 2015
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Rund um Düren
- 3rd Kattekoers
- 6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2016
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 2018
- 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Münsterland Giro
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 2019
- 2nd
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - National Road 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
- 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 Road Championships
- 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 9th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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95 | 87 | 64 | 120 | 50 |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline[]
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 61 | 27 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 89 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 22 |
| Paris–Roubaix | DNF | 27 | 7 | 2 | NH | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 81 | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | |||||
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 100 | DNF | 83 | 19 | 47 | 10 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 83 | 76 | 13 | DSQ | 37 | 7 |
| E3 Harelbeke | 47 | 70 | 54 | 6 | NH | DNS |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | 52 | DNS |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 110 | 52 | 49 | 21 | NH | 38 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| NH | Not held |
| DNS | Did not start |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
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.
- ^ a b "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.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nils Politt. |
- Nils Politt at Cycling Archives
- Nils Politt at CQ Ranking
- Nils Politt at ProCyclingStats
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