Johannes Kulset

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Johannes Kulset
Stage 20 Tour de France 2024 Col de la Couillole 33.jpg
Kulset at the 2024 Tour de France
Personal information
Born (2004-04-14) 14 April 2004 (age 21)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current team Uno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team
2021–2022Ringerike SK Junior [1]
Professional teams
2023 Uno-X Dare Development Team [2]
2024– Uno-X Mobility

Johannes Kulset (born 14 April 2004) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility. [3]

Contents

His brothers Kristian, Sindre and Magnus are also professional cyclists.

Career

After riding for Ringerike SK as a junior, Kulset signed a 5-year contract with Uno-X in 2022. [4]

Kulset took part in the 2024 Tour de France, the youngest rider to take part in the race. [5] On Stage 16, he crashed after hitting a spectator's outstretched arm, and later narrowly avoided being involved in a collision with two Uno-X team cars as he chased back to the peloton. [6]

Major results

2021
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Giro della Lunigiana
2022
2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2023
2nd Lillehammer GP
3rd Overall Alpes Isère Tour
8th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2024
8th Overall Tour of Oman
2025
2nd Sundvolden GP
3rd Overall AlUla Tour
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Ringerike GP
5th Overall Tour of Turkey
5th Tour du Doubs
6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
10th Overall O Gran Camiño

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 47
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Johannes Kulset". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. "Uno-X Dare Development Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. "Uno-X Mobility". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. Rai, Sangnum (4 June 2024). "Uno-X Pro Cycling Team Sign 18-year until 2027". Cyclinguptodate. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. Jary, Rachel. "Johannes Kulset: The Tour de France's youngest rider who is going to 'let his legs to do the talking'". Rouleur. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. Farrand, Stephen (17 July 2024). "'If I'd slowed down, it would quickly have got ugly' - Uno-X Mobility unfazed after near collision at Tour de France". Cycling News. Retrieved 19 July 2024.