Oscar Nilsson-Julien

Oscar Nilsson-Julien
Personal information
Born	10 January 2002 (age 22); Kentish Town, London, England
Team information
Current team	AVC Aix-en-Provence
Discipline	Track; Road;
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2019	VC Londres
2020	Fensham Howes–MAS Design
2021–2022	GB Cycling Senior Academy
2022	Team Inspired
2023–	AVC Aix-en-Provence
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing France
European Championships

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, but switched UCI nationality in 2023 to represent France.^[2]

Cycling career edit

Nilsson-Julien started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome 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.^[3] In addition to this, he won silver medals in three other events at the 2022 British championships: in the points race, scratch and Madison.^[4]

In 2023, he finished second in the general classification at the U23 Vuelta a Hispania, winning the first stage and the team time trial stage in the process. Other road racing victories include winning the 2023 Chono47 team time trial in the Coupe de France as well as victories at GP Getbeets, Aaarchot 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.