Tobias Foss

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Tobias Foss
Tobias Foss VM 2017 (cropped).jpg
Foss in 2017
Personal information
Full nameTobias Svendsen Foss
Born (1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 26)
Vingrom, Norway
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Ineos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll Rounder, Time trialist
Amateur teams
2016Lillehammer CK
2016 Team Joker Byggtorget (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017 Joker Icopal
2018–2019 Uno-X Norwegian Development Team
2020–2023 Team Jumbo–Visma [1] [2]
2024– Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
World Time Trial Championships (2022)
National Road Race Championships (2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2022)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Wollongong Elite time trial
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Tartu Junior time trial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nyon Junior time trial

Tobias Svendsen Foss (born 25 May 1997 in Vingrom) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. [3]

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Career

Foss at the 2021 Giro d'Italia Tobias Foss (51466485259).jpg
Foss at the 2021 Giro d'Italia

In July 2019, it was announced that Foss would join UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma on a two-year contract from 2020. [4] In August 2019, Foss became the first Norwegian to win the Tour de l'Avenir. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. [5] In 2021 he won the National Championships in the road race and time trial and once again rode the Giro where he placed in the top 10.

In 2022, he won a shocking victory in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, beating out favorites including Stefan Küng, Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna. This also made him the first ever Norwegian to win the title. [6]

Major results

2014
National Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Team time trial
2nd Time trial
2nd Criterium
3rd Road race
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
8th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2015
National Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Road race
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Time trial
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Team time trial
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
6th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2016
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall ZLM Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
4th Himmerland Rundt
2017
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Tour of Norway
7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2018
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
8th Hafjell GP
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2019
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Avenir
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
4th Hafjell GP
6th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
7th Kattekoers
2020
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de Hongrie
2021 (2 pro wins)
National Road Championships
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Road race
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Time trial
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
2022 (2)
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st MaillotNoruega.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Chrono des Nations
6th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2023
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
4th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2024 (1)
Tour of the Alps
1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF 9 54
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

Major championships timeline

Event20162017201820192020202120222023
Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games Road raceNot held 61 Not held
Time trial 23
Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships Road race 84
Time trial 1
Jersey of Norway.svg National Championships Road race 413755231918
Time trial 115413211
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IPEvent in progress
NHEvent not held

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