Tobias Halland Johannessen

Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team.[1][2]

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

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.[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]

Major results

Road
2021
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
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

Cyclo-cross
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
2016
3rd UCI Junior World XCO Championships

References
  1. "Twin brothers Johannessen at Uno-X from 2022". news.in-24. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. "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. 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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