Oscar Nilsson-Julien (born 10 January 2002) is a French road and track cyclist and a member of the French national elite track squad. He started out representing Great Britain as a junior and U23 rider. In 2023, he switched UCI nationality to represent France.

Cycling career

Nilsson-Julien started riding at

Herne Hill Velodrome The Herne Hill Velodrome is a velodrome in Herne Hill, in south London. It is one of the oldest cycling tracks in the world, having been built in 1891. It hosted the track cycling events in the 1948 Summer Olympics and was briefly the home of Cry ...

in 2011, aged 9, joining the VC Londres cycling club. He raced for VCL between 2014 and 2020 and remains an honorary member. He won the European U23 Omnium title at the 2022 UEC European Under-23 Track Championships. He was also the 2022 British Elite Omnium champion, taking the title at the

2022 British National Track Championships The 2022 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions. The National Track Championships (excluding certain events) were due to be held from 28 to 30 January 2022 at the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome in Newp ...

. In addition to this, he won silver medals in three other events at the 2022 British championships: in the points race, scratch and Madison. In 2023, he finished second in the general classification at the U23 Vuelta a Hispania, winning the first stage and the

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

stage in the process. Other road racing victories include winning the 2023 Chrono47 team time trial in the Coupe de France as well as victories at GP Getbeets, Aaarschot GP and Putte GP in Belgium. Results as a junior include ninth in the time trial at the 2019 UCI Junior Road World Championships and the team pursuit at the 2019 UEC European Junior Track Championships. After changing to French nationality, he won the points race and finished second in the omnium at the 2024 French National Track Championships. He also took bronze in the points race at the 2024 European Track Championships in Apeldoorn. He also won a bronze medal in the 2024 French National Amateur Time Trial Championships as well as taking the 2024 Tour de la Mirabelle (UCI 2.2).

Major results

Road

;2019 : 1st Prologue

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best jun ...

: 1st Cadence National Junior Road Race : 2nd Overall Isle of Man Junior Tour : 9th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships ;2022 : 9th Chrono des Nations U23 ;2023 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Hispania ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 2 ;2024 : 1st Overall

Tour de la Mirabelle The Tour de la Mirabelle is a multi-day road cycling race that has been held annually in Lorraine, France since 2002. It has been part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

: 1st Stage 4 Tour du Piemont Pyreneen : 3rd French National Amateur ITT

Track

;2019 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships : 1st Scratch, British National Junior Championships ;2022 : 1st Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Championships : British National Championships ::1st Omnium ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch ::2nd Madison (with Jack Brough) ;2024 : French National Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd Omnium : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Points race, UEC European Championships : 2nd Omnium, UCI Nations Cup, Hong Kong

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* 2002 births Living people English male cyclists French male cyclists English track cyclists French track cyclists {{England-cycling-bio-stub