Julius Johansen facts for kids

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Julius Johansen

Johansen in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Julius Johansen
Born	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 25) Blovstrød, Denmark
Height	1.88 m
Weight	75 kg
Team information
Current team	UAE Team Emirates
Role	Rider
Major wins
;Track Team pursuit, World Championships (2020)

Julius Johansen (born 13 September 1999) is a talented Danish racing cyclist. He competes in both road and track cycling events. He is known for winning a gold medal at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit. He also won the junior men's road race at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships.

Julius currently rides for a top cycling team, UAE Team Emirates.

Amazing Wins in Road Cycling

Julius Johansen has achieved many great results in road cycling. This is where cyclists race on roads, often over long distances.

Junior Road Race World Champion

In 2017, Julius became the Junior Road Race World Champion. This is a huge achievement for young cyclists. He wore the special rainbow jersey for this win.

He also won two national junior championships in Denmark that year:

• Road race
• Time trial

A time trial is a race against the clock. Each rider starts alone and tries to finish the course as fast as possible.

Other Road Cycling Successes

Julius has continued to win races as he got older.

• In 2018, he won the Under-23 Road Race in Denmark.
• He also won the overall title at Olympia's Tour, a stage race. He won the first stage and the young rider classification.
• In 2020, he won both the road race and time trial at the National Under-23 Championships again.

Here are some of his other notable road cycling results:

Grand Tours: The Biggest Road Races

Grand Tours are the three most important stage races in professional road cycling. They are the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España. Each race lasts about three weeks.

Julius Johansen has competed in the Vuelta a España twice:

• In 2022, he finished 129th.
• In 2023, he finished 98th.

Track Cycling Achievements

Julius is also a very strong track cyclist. Track cycling takes place on special indoor or outdoor tracks called velodromes.

World and European Champion

In 2020, Julius won a gold medal at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit. This is a race where teams of riders chase each other around the track.

He also won a gold medal at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.

Junior World Champion in Track Cycling

As a junior, Julius showed his talent on the track too. In 2017, at the UCI World Junior Championships, he won two gold medals:

• Omnium
• Madison (with Mathias Alexander Larsen)

The Omnium is a multi-race event that tests a rider's skills in different track disciplines. The Madison is a relay race for two riders.

Here are some of his other important track cycling results:

See also

In Spanish: Julius Johansen para niños