# Tobias Halland Johannessen

Tobias Halland Johannessen (born 23 August 1999) is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility. 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.

## 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 Championships

### Mountain bike
#### 2016

    3rd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

### Road
#### 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
    3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    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

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 30 | 35 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||
| Race | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | 7 | 86 | 89 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 10 | 15 | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — |