Tobias Halland Johannessen

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Tobias Halland Johannessen
Etoile de Besseges 2022 - etape 5 - Tobias Halland Johannessen.jpg
Halland Johannessen in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 25)
Drøbak, Norway
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current team Uno-X Mobility
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2019–2020Dare Bikes Development
Professional teams
2021 Uno-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]

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Career

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 led 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

Cyclo-cross

2016–2017
2nd National Junior Championships
2017–2018
1st Jersey of Norway.svg National Championships
2018–2019
1st Jersey of Norway.svg National Championships
1st Stockholm
2019–2020
2nd National Championships
2021–2022
1st Jersey of Norway.svg National Championships

Mountain bike

2016
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

Road

2021 (2 pro wins)
1st Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Tour of Norway
1st Jersey dark blue.svg Points classification
4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Jersey white.svg 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
3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
6th La Flèche Wallonne
6th Gran Piemonte
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
10th Giro del Veneto
Jersey beige number.svg Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 30 35
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Major stage race general classification results
Race202220232024
Jersey yellow-whitebar.svg Paris–Nice
MaillotAzul.PNG Tirreno–Adriatico
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya 7 86 89
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné 10 15
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse

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