Oscar Nilsson-Julien

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Oscar Nilsson-Julien
Personal information
Born (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) [1]
Kentish Town, London, England
Team information
Current teamAVC Aix-en-Provence
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2019VC Londres
2020Fensham Howes–MAS Design
2021–2022GB Cycling Senior Academy
2022Team Inspired
2023–AVC Aix-en-Provence
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Points race

Oscar Nilsson-Julien (born 10 January 2002) is a French road and track cyclist and a member of the French national elite track squad. He started out representing Great Britain as a junior and U23 rider, but switched UCI nationality in 2023 to represent France. [2]

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Cycling career

Nilsson-Julien started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2011, aged 9, joining the VC Londres cycling club. He raced for VCL between 2014 and 2020 and remains an honorary member.

He won the European U23 Omnium title at the 2022 UEC European Under-23 Track Championships. He was also the 2022 British Elite Omnium champion, taking the title at the 2022 British National Track Championships. [3] In addition to this, he won silver medals in three other events at the 2022 British championships: in the points race, scratch and Madison. [4]

In 2023, he finished second in the general classification at the U23 Vuelta a Hispania, winning the first stage and the team time trial stage in the process. Other road racing victories include winning the 2023 Chono47 team time trial in the Coupe de France as well as victories at GP Getbeets, Aaarchot GP and Putte GP in Belgium. Results as a junior include ninth in the time trial at the 2019 UCI Junior Road World Championships and the team pursuit at the 2019 UEC European Junior Track Championships.

After changing to French nationality, he won the points race and finished second in the omnium at the 2024 French National Track Championships. He also took bronze in the points race at the 2024 European Track Championships in Apeldoorn.

Major results

2019
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Scratch, National Junior Track Championships
1st Prologue, Junior Tour of Wales
1st Cadence National Junior Road Race
2nd Overall Isle of Man Junior Tour
9th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2022
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
National Track Championships
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2nd Madison (with Jack Brough)
9th Chrono des Nations U23
2023
2nd Overall Vuelta a Hispania
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
2024
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Points race, UEC European Track Championships
French National Championships
1st MaillotFra.PNG Points race
2nd Omnium

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