{"id":659192,"date":"2026-06-26T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659192\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:06:10","slug":"nils-politt-reclaims-german-time-trial-title-as-narrow-margins-separate-stacked-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659192\/","title":{"rendered":"Nils Politt reclaims German time trial title as narrow margins separate stacked podium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-a0fb247c-c297-48cc-833e-08ae9a7c3f41\">UAE Team Emirates-XRG&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/nils-politt\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/nils-politt\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/nils-politt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nils Politt<\/a> reclaimed the elite men&#8217;s time trial title at the German Road Championships on Friday morning in a tight race that saw the podium separated by only two seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Politt won by only a second on the 41km course in Streufdorf, only narrowly beating Max Walscheid (Lidl-Trek). Third-placed Jasha S\u00fctterlin (Jayco AlUla) was also incredibly close, only two seconds down.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a0fb247c-c297-48cc-833e-08ae9a7c3f41-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Defending champion Max Schachmann (Soudal-QuickStep) missed out on the podium this time, finishing fourth at 14 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The German TT title is often one of the most hotly-contested titles during National Championships week, and for Politt this marks a return to the German stripes, having last won in 2024 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The UAE rider will take his freshly-minted jersey to the<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Tour de France<\/a>, where he will wear it as he plays a key role in the opening team time trial in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Earlier in the day in Streufdorf, Bruno Kessler (Tudor Pro Cycling U23) won the men&#8217;s U23 title.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-results\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/>Results<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-a776a7c3-19bf-41f8-8683-b6094470c55d\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Results powered by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">FirstCycling<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-1ffb88de-199b-493b-a924-34b8f2977bbd\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UAE Team Emirates-XRG&#8217;s Nils Politt reclaimed the elite men&#8217;s time trial title at the German Road Championships on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}