Nikias Arndt
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| Full name | Nikias Arndt | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1991 Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2012 | LKT Team Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Argos–Shimano[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Team Bahrain Victorious | ||||||||||||||
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Nikias Arndt (born 18 November 1991) is a German professional track and road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[4]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
Road[edit]
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
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
- 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
- 1st
- 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[edit]
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 148 | 87 | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | — |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | 84 | 67 | 116 | 126 | — | — | 121 |
 Vuelta a España
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136 | 102 | — | 159 | — | — | 69 | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track[edit]
- 2009
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 3rd
Omnium - 3rd Team pursuit
- 3rd
- 2011
- UCI World Cup, Astana
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2012
- 1st Points race, Perth International Grand Prix
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Beijing
References[edit]
- ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (28 December 2022). "Bahrain Victorious and Mikel Landa's Tour de France dream: 2023 Team Preview". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Arctic Race highlights up-and-coming talent Nikias Arndt". Arctic Race of Norway. Amaury Sport Organisation. 10 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (10 June 2014). "Arndt shades tight Dauphiné sprint finish at Le Teil". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "2017 Results". Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Government of Victoria. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (31 August 2019). "Vuelta a Espana: Arndt wins stage 8". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (13 August 2021). "Tour de Pologne: Arndt wins stage 5". CyclingNews. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Bahrain Victorious Sign Andrea Pasqualon, Nikias Arndt and Dušan Rajović". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Nikias Arndt". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
External links[edit]
- Nikias Arndt at UCI
- Nikias Arndt at Cycling Archives
- Nikias Arndt at ProCyclingStats
- Nikias Arndt at Cycling Quotient
- Nikias Arndt at CycleBase
- Nikias Arndt at Olympedia
- Nikias Arndt at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
