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Nils Politt
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
Age:32y 70d · Mar 6, 1994
Country:🇩🇪 Germany
Turned Pro:2017
Exp:10 years
UCI Rank:#258 · 366 pts
Contract:2024 – 2026
Pay vs outputPremium Pay (-21)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 52nd % · Pay 73rd %
Seasons
10 Years
Career Earnings1
€5.6M
Career Prize
€358K
Teams
3
Algorithmic estimateHow is this 2026 earnings estimate calculated?

No reported salary figure is on file for this rider, so the estimate comes from our rubric — a function of team budget and rider UCI position.

  1. Team UCI rank (#1) places UAE Team Emirates – XRG into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#258) positions the rider on that team's pay curve. A top-3 rider on a top team earns near the bracket ceiling; a domestique earns closer to the bracket floor.

Bracket ceiling for this team: €8.0M.

2026 salary floor for this rider (veteran): €44K — the CPA-AIGCP-mandated WorldTour minimum. Source ↗

See the full methodology on the Rubric page. Have a better source? Send it in.

Rubric inputs
UCI rank#258
Team UCI rank#1
Pay bracketBracket 1
Bracket ceiling€8.0M
Rubric version0.3
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Earnings Per Year

YearAgeTeamCash
Total		Prize
Money		Total
Cumulative		Awards / Highlights
201723KATU€364K€7K€370K
201824KATU€364K€24K€758KDeutschland Tour
201925KATU€529K€81K€1.4M
202026UAE€529K€16K€1.9MSix Days of Bremen (with Kenny De Ketele)
202127RED€529K€49K€2.5MDeutschland Tour +2 more wins
202228RED€661K€37K€3.2MRoad race +1 more win
202329RED€661K€7K€3.9MTime trial, National Championships
202430UAE€661K€37K€4.6MTime trial, National Championships +1 more win
202531UAE€608K€16K€5.2MSix Days of Bremen (with Yoeri Havik)
202632UAE€661K€1K€5.8MIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
UAE UAE Team Emirates – XRG2020–2026 (4)€2.5M
RED Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe2021–2023 (3)€1.9M
KATU katusha-alpecin2017–2019 (3)€1.4M

Career-cumulative estimate allocated across the rider's teams. Past stints use the team history if known; otherwise all years are attributed to the current team. Endorsements and appearance fees aren't included. See Rubric for methodology.

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Recent activity
2026 · Result
8th — Trofeo Calvià
2026 · Result
9th — Paris–Roubaix
2025 · Result
4th — Time trial, National Championships
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