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]
 Halland Johannessen in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 August 1999 Drøbak, Norway |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Uno-X Mobility |
| Discipline | |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2019–2020 | Dare Bikes Development |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021 | Uno-X Dare Development Team |
| 2022– | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
Career
editJohannessen 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
editCyclo-cross
edit- 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
edit- 2016
- 3rd
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
Road
edit- 2021 (2 pro wins)
- 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 (1)
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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 Young rider classification
- 1st
- 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
Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||
| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | ||||
| Tour de France
|
— | 30 | 35 | ||||
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | ||||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
 Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | ||||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | ||||
 Volta a Catalunya
|
7 | 86 | 89 | ||||
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | — | ||||
| Tour de Romandie
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— | — | — | ||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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10 | 15 | — | ||||
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | — | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Twin brothers Johannessen at Uno-X from 2022". news.in-24. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Tobias Halland Johannessen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Fikk OL-plass i sin første landeveissesong: – Hadde ikke drømt om det". VG (in Norwegian). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Scouting Report - Tobias Johannessen". ProCycling. Future PLC. September 2021. p. 20.
- ^ Long, Jonny (22 August 2021). "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.
- ^ "Tour of Norway: Ethan Hayter delivers sprint win on stage 2". CyclingNews. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Evenepoel takes overall title while Kristoff wins stage 6 at Tour of Norway". CyclingNews. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ MacLeary, John (12 June 2022). "Primoz Roglic seals Criterium du Dauphine as Jumbo-Visma end dominant week with Jonas Vingegaard stage win". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2023". Tour de France. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
- ^ "Tobias Halland Johannessen". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ ""I feel sorry for my teammates" - Tobias Johannessen rues early celebration and mistake for loss of Classic Var". CyclingUpToDate.com. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Axelgaard, Emil (17 February 2024). "Optakt: Tour des Alpes Maritimes" [Preview: Tour des Alpes-Maritimes]. www.feltet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Silva, Rubén (16 February 2024). "PREVIEW | Tour des Alpes Maritimes 2024 - AG2R, Israel, FDJ and Arkéa deploy big weapons to fight for yellow jersey in two explosive days". CyclingUpToDate.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Uno-X Mobility on X". X. 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
External links
edit- Tobias Halland Johannessen at UCI
- Tobias Halland Johannessen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Tobias Halland Johannessen at ProCyclingStats
- Tobias Halland Johannessen at MTB Data
- Tobias Halland Johannessen at Olympics.com
- Tobias Halland Johannessen at Olympedia
- Tobias Halland Johannesen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
