Tobias Halland Johannessen

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Tobias Halland Johannessen
Halland Johannessen in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 24)
Drøbak, Norway
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current teamUno-X Mobility
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2019–2020Dare Bikes Development
Professional teams
2021Uno-X Dare Development Team
2022–Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility.[1][2] Along with his twin brother Anders, Tobias raced in mountain biking, cyclo-cross and road cycling, before deciding to focus primarily on road racing. Knee injuries had kept him from competing in much of the truncated 2020 season.[3] In July 2021 he named to the Norwegian team to compete in the road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Career[edit]

Johannessen began cycling alongside his brother Anders as a means of getting to school.[5] He initially focussed on cyclo-cross and mountain biking before switching his focus to road racing, signing with the Uno-X development team for the 2021 season. In June 2021, Johannessen finished second in the General Classification of the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, as well as finishing second on two individual stages.[2] In August 2021, Johannessen won the Tour de l'Avenir after finishing first on consecutive summit finishes on Stages 7 and 8, winning the race by seven seconds over Carlos Rodríguez.[6]

Johannessen raced the 2022 Tour of Norway, in which he took the leader's jersey after the second stage[7] and eventually finished in fourth position, winning the Points classification.[8] He also raced the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné, in which he won the Young Rider Classification after finishing 10th overall, over a minute ahead of nearest challenger Brandon McNulty.[9]

He participated in the 2023 Tour de France, ending third on stage six, and top 10 on three additional stages.[10][11]

In one of his first races of 2024, Johannessen was close to winning the Classic Var, but mistook a metal gantry close the finish for the actual finish.[12] This lead to Lenny Martinez overtaking him a few metres before the finish line, thus snatching the victory. In the run-up to Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, Johannessen was regarded by some as a contender to winning the General Classification.[13][14] He finished 4th on the first stage, but crashed on the second stage and fractured his collarbone.[15] Johannessen returned to racing in the Volta a Catalunya, two months later.

Major results[edit]

Cyclo-cross[edit]

2016–2017
2nd National Junior Championships
2017–2018
1st National Championships
2018–2019
1st National Championships
1st Stockholm
2019–2020
2nd National Championships
2021–2022
1st National Championships

Mountain bike[edit]

2016
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

Road[edit]

2021 (2 pro wins)
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 7 & 8
2nd Overall Sazka Tour
1st Stages 3 & 4
2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2022 (1)
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Tour of Norway
1st Points classification
4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
2023 (1)
1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
2nd Giro del Veneto
3rd Paris–Tours
4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
4th Circuit Franco-Belge
9th Overall Tour of Norway
2024
2nd Classic Var
4th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
6th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

General classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2022 2023 2024
Giro d'Italia — — —
Tour de France — 30
Vuelta a España — — —
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2022 2023 2024
Paris–Nice — — —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — —
Volta a Catalunya 7 86 89
Tour of the Basque Country — — —
Tour de Romandie — — —
Critérium du Dauphiné 10 15
Tour de Suisse — — —

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Twin brothers Johannessen at Uno-X from 2022". news.in-24. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tobias Halland Johannessen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Fikk OL-plass i sin første landeveissesong: – Hadde ikke drømt om det". VG (in Norwegian). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ "JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Scouting Report - Tobias Johannessen". ProCycling. Future PLC. September 2021. p. 20.
  6. ^ Long, Jonny (22 August 2021). "Norway's Tobias Johannessen pips Ineos' Carlos Rodriguez to Tour de l'Avenir title after Spaniard's final stage surge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Tour of Norway: Ethan Hayter delivers sprint win on stage 2". CyclingNews. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Evenepoel takes overall title while Kristoff wins stage 6 at Tour of Norway". CyclingNews. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ^ MacLeary, John (12 June 2022). "Primoz Roglic seals Criterium du Dauphine as Jumbo-Visma end dominant week with Jonas Vingegaard stage win". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2023". Tour de France. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Tobias Halland Johannessen". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. ^ ""I feel sorry for my teammates" - Tobias Johannessen rues early celebration and mistake for loss of Classic Var". CyclingUpToDate.com. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  13. ^ Axelgaard, Emil (17 February 2024). "Optakt: Tour des Alpes Maritimes" [Preview: Tour des Alpes-Maritimes]. www.feltet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  14. ^ Silva, Rubén (16 February 2024). "PREVIEW | Tour des Alpes Maritimes 2024 - AG2R, Israel, FDJ and Arkéa deploy big weapons to fight for yellow jersey in two explosive days". CyclingUpToDate.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Uno-X Mobility on X". X. 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

External links[edit]

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