# Nikias Arndt

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

## Career

Arndt rode for LKT Team Brandenburg between 2010 and 2012, before joining the Argos–Shimano 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 Argos–Shimano and its subsequent iterations, Arndt signed a two-year deal in August 2022 with Team Bahrain Victorious, 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 Overall Tour of Alanya
       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 Overall Tour de Berlin
       1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 3
    Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 7
    1st Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy
    1st Points classification, Tour of Bulgaria

#### 2013 (1 pro win)

    3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
       1st Young rider classification
       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 Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne

#### 2022

    2nd Road race, National Championships
    3rd Rund um Köln

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 148 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 84 | 67 | 116 | 126 | — | — | 121 |
| Vuelta a España | 136 | 102 | — | 159 | — | — | 69 | — | — | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |

### Track
#### 2009

    UCI World Junior Championships
       3rd Omnium
       3rd Team pursuit

#### 2011

    UCI World Cup, Astana
       3rd Individual pursuit
       3rd Scratch

#### 2012

    1st Points race, Perth International Grand Prix
    3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Beijing