Tobias Foss: Worlds time trial podium could be well within reach

Tobias Foss
Tobias Foss wears his rainbow skinsuit for the final time on Friday. (Image credit: Getty)

Ten months ago, the look of total surprise on Remco Evenepoel’s face when he learned who had beaten him in the World Championships time trial and the way he spluttered ‘Who? Foss?’ summed up many people’s reactions on hearing that Tobias Foss had secured the biggest win of his career ahead of the Belgian.

Come next August 11 in Scotland, Foss can no longer be considered an outsider for the world time trial title, where the Norwegian will once again take on Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna and multiple other top names for gold over the 47km course.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.