Andreas Leknessund

Andreas Rikardsen Leknessund (born 21 May 1999 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career After a successful junior career, Leknessund turned professional in May 2018 with UCI Continental team . His first major victory was the Norwegian elite national time trial championships in 2019. He stayed with the team until being signed by UCI WorldTeam in 2021 after showing promising results, having won the elite national time trial championships a second time, the Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia and the UEC European Under-23 Time Trial Championships among other races in 2020. In June 2022 he won stage two of the Tour de Suisse in a solo victory from the breakaway. In August, he won the Arctic Race of Norway, taking the race lead after winning the fourth and final stage. At the 2023 Giro d'Italia, Leknessund moved into the lead after finishing second on stage four. He was able to hold onto the lead until the time trial on stage nine. He ultimately went on to finish 8th overall. This also made him the first rider from north of the Arctic Circle to have led the race.

After spending three seasons with , Leknessund returned to for the 2024 season on a three-year contract. He won his first Grand Tour stage at the 2026 Vuelta a España, finishing 34 seconds ahead of his team-mate Tobias Halland Johannessen. The win came the day after the death of King Harald V of Norway, with both riders wearing black armbands in his memory.

Major results

2016 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 5th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships 2017 1st Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud 1st Stage 1 1st Stage 2a Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 2nd Overall Peace Race Juniors 1st Stage 2a 2nd Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan 1st Stage 2 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2018 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 8th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa 2019 (1 pro win) National Road Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 1st Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Circuit des Ardennes 1st Young rider classification 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard 2nd Kattekoers 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2020 (1) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 1st Overall Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 3 1st Hafjell GP 1st Lillehammer GP 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 4th Overall Okolo Slovenska 1st Young rider classification 8th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 2021 National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 4th Road race 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 10th Brabantse Pijl 2022 (3) 1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 4 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse 2023 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Held & after Stages 4–8 2024 (1) 2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 1st Stage 1 National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 4th Road race 10th Overall Danmark Rundt 10th Overall Czech Tour 2025 (1) National Road Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial 1st Sundvolden GP 1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Ringerike GP 4th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour 1st Mountains classification 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2026 (1) Vuelta a España 1st Stage 7 Held after Stage 8 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2022 2023 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia —8 — — Tour de France 28 — — 57 Vuelta a España — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish