Nikias Arndt

German cyclist

Nikias Arndt

Arndt in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.

Personal information
Full name| Nikias Arndt
Born|  (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32)
Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
Height| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight| 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current team| Team Bahrain Victorious
Disciplines|

* Road
* Track

Role| Rider
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  Germany
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
| 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]

## Career

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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

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### Road

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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 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

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Grand Tour | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2020  | 2021  | 2022  | 2023

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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

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DNF  | Did not finish

### Track

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
2. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
3. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
4. ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (28 December 2022). "Bahrain Victorious and Mikel Landa's Tour de France dream: 2023 Team Preview". Cycling News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ Ryan, Barry (10 June 2014). "Arndt shades tight Dauphiné sprint finish at Le Teil". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
7. ^ "2017 Results". Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Government of Victoria. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
8. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
9. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (31 August 2019). "Vuelta a Espana: Arndt wins stage 8". CyclingNews. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
10. ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
11. ^ Tyson, Jackie (13 August 2021). "Tour de Pologne: Arndt wins stage 5". CyclingNews. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
12. ^ "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.
13. ^ "Nikias Arndt". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

## External links

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Riders on Team Bahrain Victorious

* Yukiya Arashiro
* Nikias Arndt
* Phil Bauhaus
* Pello Bilbao
* Alberto Bruttomesso
* Santiago Buitrago
* Nicolò Buratti
* Damiano Caruso
* Matevž Govekar
* Kamil Gradek
* Jack Haig
* Rainer Kepplinger
* Ahmed Madan
* Fran Miholjević
* Matej Mohorič
* Andrea Pasqualon
* Finlay Pickering
* Wout Poels
* Johan Price-Pejtersen
* Dušan Rajović
* Cameron Scott
* Jasha Sütterlin
* Antonio Tiberi
* Torstein Træen
* Sergio Tu
* Łukasz Wiśniowski
* Fred Wright
* Edoardo Zambanini
* Manager: Milan Eržen

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UCI Road World Champions – Mixed team relay

* 2019:  Brand, Markus, Pieters, Bouwman, Mollema, van Emden (NED)
* 2021:  Brennauer, Klein, Kröger, Arndt, Martin, Walscheid (GER)
* 2022:  Schmid, Küng, Bissegger, Chabbey, Reusser, Koller (SUI)
* 2023:  Schmid, Küng, Bissegger, Chabbey, Reusser, Koller (SUI)
* 2024:  Matthews, O'Connor, Vine, Brown, Chapman, Roseman-Gannon (AUS)

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*[NED]: Netherlands
*[GER]: Germany
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[AUS]: Australia