Johannes Kulset

Johannes Kulset
Johannes Kulset on stage 20 of Tour de France 2024.
Personal information
Born (2004-04-14) 14 April 2004 (age 20)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current teamUno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2021–2022Ringerike SK Junior[1]
Professional teams
2023Uno-X Dare Development Team[2]
2024–Uno-X Mobility

Johannes Kulset (born 14 April 2004) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility.[3]

His brothers Kristian, Sindre and Magnus are also professional cyclists.

Career

After riding for Ringerike SK as a junior, Kulset signed a 5-year contract with Uno-X in 2022.[4]

Kulset took part in the 2024 Tour de France, the youngest rider to take part in the race.[5] On Stage 16, he crashed after hitting a spectator's outstretched arm, and later narrowly avoided being involved in a collision with two Uno-X team cars as he chased back to the peloton.[6]

Major results

2021
1st Young rider classification, Giro della Lunigiana
2022
2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
3rd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2023
2nd Lillehammer GP
3rd Overall Alpes Isère Tour
8th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2024
8th Overall Tour of Oman

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 47
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Johannes Kulset". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Uno-X Dare Development Team". UCI.org. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Uno-X Mobility". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ Rai, Sangnum (4 June 2024). "Uno-X Pro Cycling Team Sign 18-year until 2027". Cyclinguptodate. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ Jary, Rachel. "Johannes Kulset: The Tour de France's youngest rider who is going to 'let his legs to do the talking'". Rouleur. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ Farrand, Stephen (17 July 2024). "'If I'd slowed down, it would quickly have got ugly' - Uno-X Mobility unfazed after near collision at Tour de France". Cycling News. Retrieved 19 July 2024.