Grischa Niermann

Grischa Niermann (born 3 November 1975 in Hannover) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2012. He started his career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998. He moved to in 1999, winning the Regio-Tour that year. His only victory after that with the Dutch squad was the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in 2001. Following his retirement after the 2012 Vuelta a España, he became part of the coaching staff at . Since 2017 he is Racing Director at Visma-Lease a Bike.

As of June 1st, 2026 Grischa Niermann departed Visma as their head of racing and joined Lidl-Trek as the team’s general manager.

He has confessed to doping with EPO during his career.

Major results

Regio-Tour – 1 stage (2008) Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt – Overall (2001) Regio-Tour – 1 stage & Overall (1999) Hessen Rundfahrt – 1 stage & Overall (1998) Volta ao Algarve – 1 stage (1998)