Tobias Halland Johannessen Explained
| Tobias Halland Johannessen |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Drøbak, Norway |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2019–2020 |
| Amateurteam1: | Dare Bikes Development |
| Proyears1: | 2021 |
| Proyears2: | 2022– |
Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[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]
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. 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 National Championships
- 2018–2019
1st National Championships
1st Stockholm
- 2019–2020
2nd National Championships
- 2021–2022
1st National ChampionshipsMountain bike
- 2016
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Junior ChampionshipsRoad
- 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
4th Overall Tour of Norway
1st Points classification
4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st 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
4th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
6th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de FranceGeneral classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Twin brothers Johannessen at Uno-X from 2022 . news.in-24 . 19 August 2021.
- Web site: Tobias Halland Johannessen . ProCyclingStats . 21 July 2021.
- Web site: Fikk OL-plass i sin første landeveissesong: – Hadde ikke drømt om det. VG. 13 July 2021. 21 July 2021. no.
- Web site: JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland . Olympics.com . 21 July 2021 . 21 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210721160303/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-road/athlete-profile-n1346272-johannessen-tobias-halland.htm . dead .
- . Scouting Report - Tobias Johannessen . ProCycling . Future PLC . September 2021 . 20 .
- Web site: Long . Jonny . Norway's Tobias Johannessen pips Ineos' Carlos Rodriguez to Tour de l'Avenir title after Spaniard's final stage surge . Cycling Weekly . 22 August 2021 . 23 September 2021.
- News: Tour of Norway: Ethan Hayter delivers sprint win on stage 2 . 16 June 2022 . CyclingNews . 25 May 2022.
- News: Evenepoel takes overall title while Kristoff wins stage 6 at Tour of Norway . 16 June 2022 . CyclingNews . 19 May 2022.
- News: MacLeary . John . Primoz Roglic seals Criterium du Dauphine as Jumbo-Visma end dominant week with Jonas Vingegaard stage win . 16 June 2022 . The Telegraph . 12 June 2022.
- Web site: Official classifications of Tour de France 2023 . . 23 July 2023 . 14 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190814111819/https://www.letour.fr/en/rankings . live .
- Web site: Tobias Halland Johannessen . 2024-04-03 . www.procyclingstats.com.
- Web site: 2024-02-17 . "I feel sorry for my teammates" - Tobias Johannessen rues early celebration and mistake for loss of Classic Var . 2024-04-03 . CyclingUpToDate.com . en.
- Web site: Axelgaard . Emil . 2024-02-17 . Optakt: Tour des Alpes Maritimes . Preview: Tour des Alpes-Maritimes . 2024-04-03 . www.feltet.dk . Danish.
- Web site: Silva . Rubén . 2024-02-16 . PREVIEW Tour des Alpes Maritimes 2024 - AG2R, Israel, FDJ and Arkéa deploy big weapons to fight for yellow jersey in two explosive days . 2024-04-03 . CyclingUpToDate.com .
- Web site: 2024-02-18 . Uno-X Mobility on X . https://archive.today/20240403174515/https://twitter.com/UnoXteam/status/1759293329664102478 . 3 April 2024 . 2024-04-03 . X.
