Tobias Foss

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Short description|Norwegian cyclist (born 1997)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Tobias Foss | image = Tobias Foss VM 2017 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Foss in 2017 | fullname = Tobias Svendsen Foss | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Vingrom, Norway | height = 1.84 m | weight = 74 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|INS}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = All Rounder, Time trialist | amateuryears1 = 2016 | amateurteam1 = Lillehammer CK | amateuryears2 = 2016 | amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|TJI|2016b}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2017 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TJI|2017}} | proyears2 = 2018–2019 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|UXT|2018}} | proyears3 = 2020–2023 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TLJ|2020}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bianchi.com/team-jumbo-visma-2020-roster-presented-in-amsterdam/ |title=Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam |work=Bianchi |publisher=F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. |date=20 December 2019 |accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279 |title=Jumbo-Visma |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |accessdate=2 January 2021 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102145838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279 |archivedate=2 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2024– | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|INS|2024}} | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :World Time Trial Championships (2022) :{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2021)}} :National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2022, 2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's road bicycle racing}} {{Medal|Country| {{NOR}} }} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Wollongong|Elite time trial}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Silver| 2015 Tartu| Junior time trial}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2014 Nyon| Junior time trial}} | show-medals = no }}

'''Tobias Svendsen Foss''' (born 25 May 1997 in Vingrom) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|INS}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19542 |title=INEOS GRENADIERS |publisher=UCI |access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>

==Career== [[File:Tobias Foss (51466485259).jpg|thumb|left|Foss at the 2021 Giro d'Italia]] In July 2019, it was announced that Foss would join UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TLJ|2020|nolink=yes}} on a two-year contract from 2020.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/article/talent-development/team-jumbo-visma-signs-foss-for-two-years/ |title=Team Jumbo-Visma signs Foss for two years |work={{UCI team code|TLJ|2019}}|publisher=Team Oranje B.V.|date=2 July 2019|accessdate=25 July 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2020/gc/startlist |title=103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/sep/18/road-world-championships-tobias-foss-cycling-mens-time-trial |title=Road World Championships: Tobias Foss shocks favourites in men's time trial |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2022 |accessdate=19 September 2022 |author=Pender, Kieran}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2014 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|norway}} Team time trial ::2nd Time trial ::2nd Criterium ::3rd Road race : 3rd 15px Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 8th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ;2015 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|norway}} Road race ::1st {{cjersey|norway}} Time trial ::1st {{cjersey|norway}} Team time trial : 2nd 15px Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 6th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan : 8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2016 : 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall ZLM Tour ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 4th Himmerland Rundt ;2017 : 1st {{cjersey|white}} 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 {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification : 8th Hafjell GP : 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;2019 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 4th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st {{cjersey|white}} 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 {{cjersey|norway}} Road race ::1st {{cjersey|norway}} Time trial : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ;2022 (2) : 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 1st {{cjersey|norway}} 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 {{cjersey|red}} Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships ;2025 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Time trial, National Road Championships : 9th Overall Paris–Nice {{div col end}}

=== Grand Tour general classification results timeline === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 !2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | 54 | — | 79 |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — |70 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |— |}

===Major championships timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! colspan="2" scope="col" |Event ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |15px|alt=|link=Olympic medal Olympic Games ! scope="row" | Road race | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2 colspan=4|Not held | 61 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2 colspan=2|Not held | 74 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2 |NH |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Time trial | — | 23 | 13 |- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |{{cjersey|rainbow}} World Championships ! scope="row" | Road race | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | DNF | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | 11 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="row" |{{cjersey|norway}} National Championships ! scope="row" |Road race | 41 | 37 | 55 | 23 | 19 | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | — | DNS | 7 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" |Time trial | 11 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 13 | style="background:silver;"|'''2''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | — | style="background:silver;"|'''2''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |- ! scope="row" | DNS | Did not start |- ! scope="row" | IP | Event in progress |- ! scope="row" | NH | Event not held |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{stack|{{Commons}}}} * {{UCI|name=Tobias S. Foss}} * {{Olympics.com|tobias-s-foss|Tobias S. Foss}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730140310/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tobias-foss_1878413 Tobias Foss] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/tobias-foss_1878413 alternate link]) * {{Olympedia|name=Tobias Foss}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Store norske leksikon}} * {{Team Norway|sykling/tobias-svendsen-foss|Tobias Svendsen Foss}} * {{Instagram|name=Tobias Svendsen Foss}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foss, Tobias}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Lillehammer Category:Olympic cyclists for Norway Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen