Nils Politt

Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Team Katusha (2016–2020)

In September 2015 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. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.

2019 was to be a breakthrough season for Politt, beginning with a second place in the individual time trial at Paris–Nice. He then went on to place sixth in the E3 BinckBank Classic, fifth in the Tour of Flanders, and second in Paris–Roubaix.

Israel Start-Up Nation (2020) In 2020 Politt joined which bought 's UCI WorldTour license in 2019. Also joining the team was former teammate Rick Zabel, 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. However, there would be no other notable results in a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bora–Hansgrohe (2021–2023) In August 2020, Politt signed a three-year contract with , from the 2021 season onwards. 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 remaining. The following month, he won a stage and the general classification at the Deutschland Tour.

In May 2022, he won at Rund um Köln. 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.

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.

UAE Team Emirates (2024–) In 2024, Politt moved to on a three-year contract. 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.

Major results Road

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 Road race 2nd Time trial 2nd Rund um Düren 3rd Kattekoers 6th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt 2016 3rd Time trial, National Championships 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 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

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 Rund um Köln 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen Combativity award Stage 15 Tour de France 2023 (1) 1st Time trial, National Championships 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 Time trial, National Championships 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 2025 4th Time trial, National Championships 2026 (1) 1st Time trial, National Championships 8th Trofeo Calvià 9th Paris–Roubaix

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — Tour de France 95 87 64 120 50 56 62 75 75 Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — —

Classics results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete NH Not held DNS Did not start DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified

Track

2011 National Junior Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Madison (with Stefan Schneider) 2012 1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Nils Schomber) 2020 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Kenny De Ketele) 2024 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Lindsay De Vylder) 2025 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Yoeri Havik)