Tobias Svendsen Foss (born 25 May 1997 in
Vingrom
Vingrom is a village in Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the lake Mjøsa, just north of the border with Gjøvik Municipality, and about south of the town of Lillehammer. The European route E ...
) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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.
Career
In July 2019, it was announced that Foss would join
UCI WorldTeam
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on a two-year contract from 2020. In August 2019, Foss became the first Norwegian to win the
Tour de l'Avenir
Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...
. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the
2020 Giro d'Italia
The 2020 Giro d'Italia was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 25 October, after initially being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally to have taken place from 9 to 31 May 2020, as the 103rd edition of th ...
. In 2021 he won the
National Championships
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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
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Events
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in Wollongong, beating out favorites including
Stefan Küng
Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is also a citizen of Liechtenstein.
Career
Küng won the individual pursuit at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after beating Jack ...
,
Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie. Remco Evenepoel started his sport career i ...
and
Filippo Ganna
Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a five-time world champion in the individual pursuit, and has won a total of eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Champi ...
. This also made him the first ever Norwegian to win the title.
Major results
;2014
: National Junior Road Championships
::1st

Team time trial
::2nd
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::2nd Criterium
::3rd
Road race
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: 3rd

Time trial,
UEC European Junior Road Championships
;2015
: National Junior Road Championships
::1st
Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
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* Roadracers (1994 film)
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::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::1st

Team time trial
: 2nd

Time trial,
UEC European Junior Road Championships
: 8th
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,
UCI Junior Road World Championships UCI most commonly refers to:
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;2016
: 1st
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, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd Overall
ZLM Tour
::1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
: 4th
Himmerland Rundt
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Past winners
References
Ext ...
;2017
: 1st

Young rider classification,
Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ma ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...
;2018
: 4th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 6th
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,
UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
: 6th Overall
Okolo Slovenska
Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes ...
::1st

Young rider classification
: 8th
Hafjell GP
The Hafjell TT (known as the Hafjell GP in 2018) is a single-day individual time trial road cycling race held annually in Norway since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.
The race is part of the ''Uno - X Development Weekend'', ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
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: 10th
Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy
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;2019
: 1st

Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
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: 3rd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
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: 4th Overall
Volta ao Alentejo
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...
::1st

Young rider classification
: 4th Overall
Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
: 4th
Hafjell GP
The Hafjell TT (known as the Hafjell GP in 2018) is a single-day individual time trial road cycling race held annually in Norway since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.
The race is part of the ''Uno - X Development Weekend'', ...
: 6th
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
,
UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
: 7th
Kattekoers
;2020
: 2nd
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, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
Tour de Hongrie
The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925.
History
The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...
;2021
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 9th Overall
Giro d'Italia
;2022
:1st
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,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd
Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was orig ...
: 6th Overall
Volta ao Algarve
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...
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1997 births
Living people
Norwegian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Lillehammer
Olympic cyclists of Norway
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
UCI Road World Champions (elite men)