Nikias Arndt

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Nikias Arndt
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Arndt in 2024
Personal information
Full nameNikias Arndt
Born (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32)
Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Bahrain Victorious
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Time trialist
  • Road captain
Amateur team
2010–2012 LKT Team Brandenburg
Professional teams
2013–2022 Argos–Shimano [1] [2] [3]
2023– Team Bahrain Victorious
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2016)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2019)

One-day races and Classics

Great Ocean Road Race (2017)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay

Nikias Arndt (born 18 November 1991) is a German professional track and road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. [4]

Contents

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, [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] 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. [9] He was part of the winning team in the mixed relay event at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in September. [10] The month prior, he also won a stage of the Tour de Pologne. [11]

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. [12]

Major results

Road

Source: [13]

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 Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 3
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Jersey white.svg Points classification
1st Stage 7
1st Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification, Tour of Bulgaria
2013 (1 pro win)
3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Jersey white.svg 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 Jersey rainbow.svg 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 20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —— 148 87 ———— 62 ——
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ———— 84 67 116 126 —— 121
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 136 102 — 159 —— 69 —— DNF —
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

2009
UCI World Junior Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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

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