Nils Politt

Nils Politt
Politt (2018)
Personal information
Full name Nils Politt
Born (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994
Cologne, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Katusha–Alpecin
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2005–2012 RV Komet–Delia 09 Köln e.V.
2015 Team Katusha (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2013–2015 Team Stölting
2016– Team Katusha

Nils Politt (born 6 March 1994) is a German cyclist riding for Team Katusha–Alpecin.[1] 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.[2] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

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
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 95 87
A red jersey Vuelta a España — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Nils Politt". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Jurgen Van den Broeck and Nils Politt join Team Katusha" (Press release). Team Katusha. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  3. ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.


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