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Florian Lipowitz
German cyclist (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Florian Lipowitz (born 21 September 2000) is a German racing cyclist racing for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[3][4]
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Lipowitz originally competed in the biathlon and used cycling as training during the summer. After a knee injury, he had to increase his cycling training and met Dan Lorang, the performance director of Bora–Hansgrohe.[5] In 2020, he switched fully to cycling and joined Austrian UCI Continental team Tirol KTM Cycling Team.[6]
In 2021 Lipowitz was part of the team that Tirol KTM Cycling Team sent to the 2021 Adriatica Ionica Race. After finishing thirteenth in the second stage, 2:03 down on the winner,[7] he held onto his position in the Overall to finish thirteenth Overall and fourth in the youth classification.[8][9]
Lipowitz joined UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe as a Stagiaire from August to the end of 2022 before joining the team on a two-year contract.[10][11] He took his first professional victory in 2023, winning the overall title as well as stage two and the points classification of the Czech Tour.
In April 2024, Lipowitz claimed his first podium position at an UCI World Tour stage race finishing third at the Tour de Romandie. At the Giro d'Italia he placed fifth on stage two but had to withdraw from his first Grand Tour after stage five.[12] At the German Road Cycling Championchips he was only beaten by Marco Brenner and came second. For the 2024 Vuelta a España his job was the support of Primož Roglič in the mountains. While Roglič won the tour Lipowitz was able to finish as seventh overall and second in the young rider classification.[13]
In 2025, Florian Lipowitz came out on top in the young rider classification of Paris-Nice at the age of 24 and was only beaten in the overall standings by Matteo Jorgenson from the United States. A month later, he finished the Tour of the Basque Country in fourth place overall, having appeared set to move up into 2nd before a bad-timed mechanical. At the Critérium du Dauphiné in June, he finished third, beaten only by Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard. He also won the young rider classification as best young professional.[14][15] At the Tour de France, Lipowitz finished in third place overall, again beaten only by Pogačar and Vingegaard, and won the best young rider classification.
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- 2021
- 5th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Jeseníky
- 2022
- 8th GP Capodarco
- 2023 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Czech Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 6th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 6, 9–10 & 15
- Held
- 2025
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
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