Tobias Halland Johannessen

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Tobias Halland Johannessen
Personal information
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 22)
Drøbak, Norway
Team information
Current team
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2019–2020Dare Bikes Development
Professional team
2021

Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .[1] For the 2022 season, he will join UCI ProTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team.[2]

Along with his twin brother Anders, Tobias has 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[]

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.[1] 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]

Major results[]

Road[]

2021
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

Cyclo-cross[]

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

Mountain bike[]

2016
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg UCI Junior World XCO Championships

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Tobias Halland Johannessen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Twin brothers Johannessen at Uno-X from 2022". news.in-24. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Wouldn't have dreamed of it – VG". newsbeezer.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  4. ^ "JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland". Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Scouting Report - Tobias Johannessen". ProCycling. Future PLC. September 2021. p. 20.
  6. ^ Long, Jonny. "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.

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