A huge surprise at the WC in cycling: The favorites were caught by surprise in the time trial by a Norwegian competitor! – Športky.sk

Tobias Foss Source: Profimedia WOLLONGONG – Norwegian cyclist Tobias Foss became a surprising world champion in the time trial at the championship in Wollongong, Australia. The 25-year-old specialist achieved a time of 40:02.78 minutes on the 34.2 km long route and beat the Swiss Stefan Küng by 2.95 seconds. Belgian Remco Evenepoel won bronze with a loss of 9.16 seconds. The Slovaks did not start in the time trial. Men Elite ITT Podium🥇 @Tobias_S_Foss 🇳🇴
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🥉 @EvenepoelRemco 🇧🇪#Wollongong2022 pic.twitter.com/YRwSCcMnjx — UCI (@UCI_cycling) September 18, 2022 Only domestic championships to look forward to so far For Foss, it’s only the fourth win of his career, having only enjoyed domestic championships so far championships, where he won the title in the time trial this season and last year in the time trial as well as the mass race. He entered the professional peloton after triumphing at the Tour de l’Avenir in 2019, which is a shorter “Tour de France” for competitors under the age of 23. His reaction says it all 😮Simply incredible @Tobias_S_Foss 🇳🇴#Wollongong2022 pic.twitter.com/TfQvtfx9Hk — UCI (@UCI_cycling) September 18, 2022 “I feel like I haven’t woken up from this dream yet. I felt good during the time trial , I had good legs, but to win? I still have to really realize that. I wouldn’t say I’m an extra confident racer, but I felt like I left everything out there today and it could go well. It was a track, on which you couldn’t rest. Everything was there, climbs, technical passages. I told myself that if I was in the Top 10 I would be satisfied. I also believed in the top five, but to have the rainbow jersey is amazing,” he said in the first TV interview . Foss is historically the first Norwegian to win a medal in this discipline. 🤯🤯🤯@Tobias_S_Foss is your 2022 UCI Men Elite ITT World Champion!#Wollongong2022 pic.twitter.com/KzSupYYXBV — UCI (@UCI_cycling) September 18, 2022 Sunday’s route for both men and women measured 34.2 km and consisted of two circuits with a short climb on Dumfries Avenue (0.7 km, 6.7%). The competitors were divided into blocks, with the main favorites going in the last fourth. Foss started ahead of them, but he put in a great performance and went fast especially in the final section after the second climb. He reached the finish line in 40:02.78 minutes. The two-time defending gold medalist finished seventh. The other favorites couldn’t beat him, but then Küng started and it seemed that the two-time European champion (2020, 2021) was finally going for the world title. He was the fastest in the first and second splits, in which he had a lead of up to twelve seconds over Foss. However, he ran out of energy in the final ten kilometers and crossed the finish line 2.95 seconds behind the Norwegian. Of the other competitors, only Evenepoel, who took third place, threatened their performance. Swiss gold? 🥇🚨 @stefankueng is faster than @GannaFilippo and @EvenepoelRemco through the first split but it’s close #Wollongong2022 pic.twitter.com/SJp1jhbOOU — UCI (@UCI_cycling) September 18, 2022 Two-time gold medalist Filippo Ganna also had a good time trial, Italian however, the specialist lost already on the second climb and finished only seventh. Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar from Slovenia finished just ahead of him. Frenchman Remi Cavagna was eleventh. results: 1. Tobias Foss (Nor.) 40:02.78 min, 2. Stefan Küng (Switzerland) +2.95 s, 3. Remco Evenepoel (Belg.) +9.16, 4. Ethan Hayter (V .Brit.) +39.95, 5. Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland) +46.81, 6. Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) +48.13, 7. Filippo Ganna (Italy) +55.32, 8. Nelson Oliveira (Port.) +58.98, 9. Yves Lampaert (Belg.) +1:08.84, 10. Bruno Armirail (Fr.) +1:09.24 Author: © VIDEO list: Twitter/UCI Source : TASR