# Nils Politt

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

## Career
### Team Katusha (2016–2020)

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. 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 Israel Start-Up Nation which bought Team Katusha–Alpecin's UCI WorldTour license in 2019. Also joining the team was former Team Katusha–Alpecin 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 Bora–Hansgrohe, 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 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) 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 UAE Team Emirates 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

    2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
    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

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 61 | 27 | — | — | — | 21 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 89 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 20 | 3 |
| Paris–Roubaix | DNF | 27 | 7 | 2 | NH | DNF | 22 | 35 | 4 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 100 | DNF | 83 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 2 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 83 | 76 | 13 | DSQ | 37 | 7 | 46 | — | 26 |
| E3 Harelbeke | 47 | 70 | 54 | 6 | NH | — | 72 | 13 | 7 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | 79 | 20 | 27 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 110 | 52 | 49 | 21 | NH | 38 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 132 | 82 | 27 | 16 | Not held | Not held | 24 | 8 | |
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)