Tobias Halland Johannessen

Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam. 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. In July 2021 he named to the Norwegian team to compete in the road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career
Johannessen began cycling alongside his brother Anders as a means of getting to school. 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.

Johannessen raced the 2022 Tour of Norway, in which he took the leader's jersey after the second stage and eventually finished in fourth position, winning the Points classification. 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.

He participated in the 2023 Tour de France, ending third on stage six, and top 10 on three additional stages.

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. 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. He finished 4th on the first stage, but crashed on the second stage and fractured his collarbone. Johannessen returned to racing in the Volta a Catalunya, two months later.

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 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
 * 4th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
 * 6th La Flèche Wallonne
 * 8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 * 10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
 * Jersey beige number.svg Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France