Quick Facts
Biography
Magnus Cort Nielsen (born 16 January 1993) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Pro Cycling.
Career
Orica–GreenEDGE (2015–17)
In June 2014, World Tour team Orica–GreenEDGE announced that they had signed Cort for three years, starting from the 2015 season. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España, where he won stages 18 and 21.
Astana (2018–19)
It was confirmed that he was going to be riding for Astana in 2018. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France. On 22 July 2018, Cort won stage 15 of the race after being in a breakaway for most of the day. Cort attacked with 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) to go, and ended up in a breakaway together with Bauke Mollema 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
In August 2019, it was announced that Cort would be joining the EF Pro Cycling team on a two-year contract, from the 2020 season.
Major results
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | 68 | 104 |
 Vuelta a España | 133 | 126 | — | — |
Classics & Monuments results timeline
| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 11 | 8 | 15 |
| Tour of Flanders | 102 | 53 | 30 | 20 | 108 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 132 | 43 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during career | ||||
| Giro di Lombardia | |||||
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 69 | 16 | 23 | 90 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | 96 | 27 | DNF | DNF |
| Strade Bianche | 34 | — | — | — | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 43 | — | 14 | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | DNF | 24 | 34 | 20 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | DNF | DNF | 24 | DNF |
| London–Surrey Classic | 59 | — | 2 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
