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Florian Lipowitz

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Florian Lipowitz
Lipowitz in 2023
Personal information
Born (2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 24)[1]
Laichingen, Germany
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamRed Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe[2]
DisciplinesRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2020–2022Tirol KTM Cycling Team
2022Bora–Hansgrohe (stagiaire)
2023–Bora–Hansgrohe

Florian Lipowitz (born 21 September 2000) is a German racing cyclist racing for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[2][3]

Career

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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,[4] he held onto his position in the Overall to finish thirteenth Overall and fourth in the youth classification.[5][6]

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.[7][8] 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 fith on stage two but had to withdraw from his first Grand Tour after stage five.[9] 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.[10]

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 USA. A month later, he finished the Tour of the Basque Country in fourth place overall. 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.[11][12]

Major results

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Sources:[13][14]

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
4th Overall Tour of Turkey
6th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
2024 (1)
1st Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st Mountains classification
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
7th Overall Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 6, 9–10 & 15
2025
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2023 2024 2025
Giro d'Italia — DNF —
Tour de France — —
Vuelta a España — 7
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2023 2024 2025
Paris–Nice — — 2
Tirreno–Adriatico — — —
Volta a Catalunya — 45 —
Tour of the Basque Country 75 — 4
Tour de Romandie — 3 —
Critérium du Dauphiné — — 3
Tour de Suisse — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Florian Lipowitz". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Florian LIPOWITZ". UCI. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Bora–Hansgrohe". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Adriatica Ionica: Lorenzo Fortunato wins stage 2". cyclingnews.com. 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ Farr, Stephen (17 June 2021). "Lorenzo Fortunato wins Adriatica Ionica". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Classifica generale giovani Tappa 3" [Young Rider Classification Stage 3] (PDF). Adriatica Ionica Race (in Italian). ASD Sport Union. 17 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Florian Lipowitz wird Stagiaire bei Bora-hansgrohe". cyclingmagazine (in German). 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. ^ "News BORA - hansgrohe signs Florian Lipowitz as stagiaire". www.bora-hansgrohe.com. 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Lipowitz muss den Giro vor der 6. Etappe verlassen | radsport-news.com". www.radsport-news.com (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Roglic Vuelta-Sieger - Lipowitz bester Deutscher seit Ullrich". SPORT1 (in German). 8 September 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  11. ^ sportschau.de. "Radsport: Pogacar gewinnt Dauphiné-Rundfahrt, Lipowitz wird Dritter". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  12. ^ Combloux, Stephan Klemm. "Starke Dauphiné-Rundfahrt: Florian Lipowitz - Deutschlands Radsport-Joker". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Florian Lipowitz". FirstCycling.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Florian Lipowitz". www.procyclingstats.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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