Nikias Arndt

Nikias Arndt (born 18 November 1991) is a German professional track and road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Arndt rode for between 2010 and 2012, before joining the team for the 2013 season. He achieved his first professional victory at the 2013 Arctic Race of Norway, winning the third stage, 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. The following year, he took his first win at the UCI World Tour level, winning stage three of the Critérium du Dauphiné in a sprint finish. In 2016, Arndt won the final stage of the Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour stage win.

In early 2017, he won the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, a one-day race on the World Tour. In June of the same year, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France, which was his first time competing in the race. He notably finished second on stage 19. His success at Grand Tours continued after a relatively uneventful 2018 season, winning stage eight of the 2019 Vuelta a España. He was part of the winning team in the mixed relay event at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in September. The month prior, he also won a stage of the Tour de Pologne.

After ten years with and its subsequent iterations, Arndt signed a two-year deal in August 2022 with , starting from the 2023 season.

Major results Road Source:

2009 2nd Time trial, National Junior Championships 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors 1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 4 2nd Overall Driedaagse van Axel 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt 1st Stage 4 3rd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg 4th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships 9th Overall Kroz Istru 2010

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 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 1st Stage 3 9th Overall Tour of Greece 2012

1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

1st Stage 7 1st Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy

2013 (1 pro win) 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway

1st Stage 3 2014 (1) 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné 2nd Time trial, National Championships 2015 (1) 1st Stage 6 Tour of Alberta National Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 3rd Münsterland Giro 2016 (1) 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia 3rd Rund um Köln 7th Scheldeprijs 7th Rudi Altig Race 8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire 2017 (1) 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2018 3rd Time trial, National Championships 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 8th EuroEyes Cyclassics 2019 (1) 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España 2021 (1)

1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne 2022 2nd Road race, National Championships 3rd Rund um Köln

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

Track

2009 UCI World Junior Championships

2011 UCI World Cup, Astana 3rd Individual pursuit 3rd Scratch 2012 1st Points race, Perth International Grand Prix 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Beijing