Magnus Cort Nielsen (born 16 January 1993) is a Danish professional

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Orica–GreenEDGE (2015–17)

In June 2014, World Tour team signed Cort for three years, starting from the 2015 season. He was named in the startlist for the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the ...

, where he won stages 18 and 21.

Astana (2018–19)

Cort rode for in 2018. He was named in the start list for the

2018 Tour de France The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 race stage, stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and ...

. On 22 July 2018, Cort won stage 15 of the race after being in a breakaway for most of the day. Cort attacked with to go, and ended up in a breakaway together with

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and Ion Izagirre, where he was the fastest man in the final sprint and won the first Tour de France stage of his career.

EF Education First (2020-2023)

In August 2019, it was announced that Cort would be joining the team on a two-year contract, from the 2020 season. During the

2021 Vuelta a España The 2021 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in Spain between 14 August and 5 September 2021. It was the 76th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour of the 2021 in men' ...

he won three individual stages and was named the most combative rider of the race. He won the intermediate stage 6, where he just edged overall race leader

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for the win. On stage 11 he dropped the surviving breakaway riders and was within less than 300 meters from his second stage win, but he was caught by Roglič,

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and other riders fighting for the general classification. The very next day Cort survived the two climbs and won his second stage of the Vuelta, crediting his team with setting him up perfectly for the sprint finish. On stage 19 Cort once again found himself at the front of the race near the end of the stage. With less than a kilometer to go his teammate

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rode at the front of the group to control the pace and put Cort in position to time his attack perfectly, which he then did defeating

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and

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in the sprint. Craddock came across the line five seconds later with his arms in the air celebrating the victory of his teammate. At the start of the

2022 Tour de France The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard () won the General clas ...

he took every available mountain point, over the small hills of

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, to earn the polka dot jersey early in the race. After the rest day when the race moved to France, he broke the record of the great

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, for finishing first at the most consecutive mountain checkpoints. On stage 5 the following day he once again joined the breakaway, with teammate

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, who had a chance to take the yellow jersey. He fell slightly behind towards the end of the stage but won his second Most Combative Rider award in three stages. He lost the polka dot jersey after stage 9, but on stage 10 he joined the breakaway yet again; and survived to the finish where he won the eighth grand tour stage and second Tour de France stage of his career, in a photo finish. As the third week began he was forced to abandon the race due to a positive COVID test. As a result, this became the first grand tour he ever entered that he did not finish.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2010-2011 : 1st National Junior Championships

Gravel

;2023 : 6th

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

Road

;2011 : 1st Road race, National Junior Championships : 1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ::1st Stages 3b & 4 : 3rd Overall Kroz Istru : 5th Overall Tour de la Région de Lodz : 8th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg : 9th Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International ;2012 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Post Cup Odder : 3rd Tønder GP ;2013 (2 pro wins) : Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de la Province de Liège : 3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften : 3rd

Himmerland Rundt The Himmerland Rundt is a one-day road cycling race held annually in the Danish region of Himmerland. It is organized as a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...

: 9th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 10th Hadeland GP ;2014 (2) : 1st Overall

Ronde de l'Oise The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race, stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2. Winners Sources: ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st Overall

Istrian Spring Trophy The Istrian Spring Tour, formerly known as the Istrian Spring Trophy (), is a multi-day road bicycle race held annually in the Croatian part of the Istria peninsula. The race was first organized in 1961 as a small competition reserved to local cy ...

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st

: 1st Destination Thy : 1st Ringerike GP : 1st Stage 1

: 2nd Overall Tour des Fjords ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Volta Limburg Classic : 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23 ;2015 : 4th Road race, National Championships : 10th Overall

: 10th GP Ouest–France ;2016 (3) :

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stages 18 & 21 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 4th Road race, National Championships : 5th

Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Super 8 Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and aroun ...

: 7th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...

: 9th

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season men's road bicycle race held annually in Monteveglio, near the city of Bologna, Italy. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;2017 (2) : 1st

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

: 1st Stage 3

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...

: 2nd

London–Surrey Classic The London–Surrey Classic (also known as the RideLondon–Surrey Classic) was an annual men's professional one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills AONB, Surr ...

: 10th

;2018 (4) : 1st Stage 15

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: 1st Stage 5 BinckBank Tour : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire was a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It was promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

: 1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman : 2nd Overall

Dubai Tour The Dubai Tour was an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Dubai, which began in 2014 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It merged with the Abu Dhabi Tour to become the UAE Tour from 2019. History The race was classif ...

::1st Young rider classification : 8th

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

;2019 (1) : 1st Stage 4

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

: 1st Mountains classification,

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

;2020 (2) :

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 16

;2021 (5) :

::1st Stages 6, 12 & 19 :: Overall Combativity award : 1st Stage 8

: 1st Stage 4

Route d'Occitanie The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France. ...

;2022 (2) :

::1st Stage 10 ::Held after Stages 2–8 :: Combativity award Stages 3 & 5 : 1st Stage 1 O Gran Camiño : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Championships : 5th Overall

: 6th Maryland Cycling Classic ;2023 (3) : 1st Stage 10

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 3rd Overall

: 7th Figueira Champions Classic : 9th Overall

Volta ao Algarve Volta may refer to: Persons * Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop * Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2024 (5) : 1st Overall

Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arct ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Veneto Classic : 1st Stage 2

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite classic cycle races, cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Brittany, Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-P ...

: 5th Road race, National Championships : 8th Overall

Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ...

Combativity award Stage 13

;2025 (3) : 2nd

Eschborn–Frankfurt Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...

: 3rd Overall O Gran Camiño ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 : 6th

: 6th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

: 10th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in April in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and since 2010 it is part of the French Road Cycling Cu ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

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CQ Ranking Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cort, Magnus 1993 births Living people People from Bornholm Danish male cyclists Cyclists at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Danish Tour de France stage winners Danish Vuelta a España stage winners Danish Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from the Capital Region of Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen