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] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Bora–Hansgrohe[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 UAE Team Emirates.[6]
Career
[edit]Team Katusha (2016–2020)
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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)
[edit]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)
[edit]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–)
[edit]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
[edit]Road
[edit]- 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
- 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
- 2023 (1)
- 1st
- 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
- 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
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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95 | 87 | 64 | 120 | 50 | 56 | 62 |
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
[edit]| 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 | ||
| — | Did not compete |
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| NH | Not held |
| DNS | Did not start |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
Track
[edit]- 2011
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Madison (with Stefan Schneider)
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st
- 2020
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Kenny De Ketele)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (14 March 2019). "Paris-Nice 2019: Stage 5 (ITT) Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "E3 Harelbeke 2019 – full results and standings: Deceuninck-QuickStep's Zdenek Stybar sprints to victory". The Telegraph. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen; Decaluwé, Brecht (7 April 2019). "Tour of Flanders 2019: Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Gilbert clinches Paris-Roubaix in sprint as Sagan finishes fifth". The Independent. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen; Malach, Pat (16 September 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy poised to buy out Katusha to secure place in 2020 WorldTour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Haymes, Phoebe (15 November 2019). "First Newcomers from Katusha: Rick Zabel & Mads Wurtz". Israel — Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (9 March 2020). "Paris-Nice: Nizzolo wins stage 2". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "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. 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.
- ^ Stuart, Peter (24 July 2022). "The final GC standings in the 2022 Tour de France after stage 21". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (23 June 2023). "Nils Politt wins elite men's German time trial title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (19 November 2023). "Nils Politt's results didn't match his salary, says Bora-Hansgrohe boss". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Nils Politt: Belgian Classics success for UAE Team Emirates will etch my name in history". The National. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
External links
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- Nils Politt at UCI
- Nils Politt at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Nils Politt at ProCyclingStats
- Nils Politt at Cycling Quotient
- Nils Politt at CycleBase
