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

Tobias Foss
Foss in 2017
Personal information
Full nameTobias Svendsen Foss
Born (1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27)
Vingrom, Norway
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll Rounder, Time trialist
Amateur teams
2016Lillehammer CK
2016Team Joker Byggtorget (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2017Joker Icopal
2018–2019Uno-X Norwegian Development Team
2020–2023Team 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  Norway
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Wollongong Elite time trial
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tartu Junior time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nyon Junior time trial

Career

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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

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2014
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Team time trial
2nd Time trial
2nd Criterium
3rd Road race
3rd   Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
8th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
2015
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st   Team time trial
2nd   Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
6th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2016
1st   Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall ZLM Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
4th Himmerland Rundt
2017
1st   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   Young rider classification
8th Hafjell GP
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2019
1st   Overall Tour de l'Avenir
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st   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   Road race
1st   Time trial
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
2022 (2)
1st   Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st   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   Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Giro d'Italia DNF 9 54 79
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España

Major championships timeline

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Event 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Olympic Games Road race Not held 61 Not held
Time trial 23
  World Championships Road race 84
Time trial 1 11
  National Championships Road race 41 37 55 23 19 1 8
Time trial 11 5 4 13 2 1 1 2
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP Event in progress
NH Event not held

References

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  1. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ "INEOS GRENADIERS". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma signs Foss for two years". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje B.V. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  5. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ Pender, Kieran (18 September 2022). "Road World Championships: Tobias Foss shocks favourites in men's time trial". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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