Foss could hardly believe his eyes when one after another cycled into weaker times and the possibilities for a historic WC gold opened up. – It feels like I’m in a kind of dream. That’s why I don’t believe it. It’s completely unreal. I did get signals along the way that my legs were fine, but this is more than I could have ever dreamed of. I will try to enjoy the moment, but first it has to dawn on me, said the 25-year-old after the race. There was to be a second drama about the victory. The Norwegian eventually finished 2.95 seconds ahead of Swiss Stefan Küng and 9.16 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel, who took the silver and bronze. – Come wake me up! I do not know. This is by far my best pace so far in my career. That it would become gold … I had thought that once. It feels completely cow-cow, said the World Cup winner to TV 2. JUBILEE: There was a second drama when Foss took the tempo gold in Australia. Photo: STRINGER / Reuters – Was very pleased with the top ten – We had tears in our eyes when he drove over the finish line, because we think he drove so well. It sparkled with that pace. It probably hasn’t sunk in completely yet. It’s absolutely iconic. Norwegian sports history, Kurt Asle Arvesen told TV 2. Foss had a goal before the WC pace of a top-five position, but that the top ten was also approved. Photo: WILLIAM WEST / AFP – I would have been very happy with the top ten, and was hoping for a top five top five with a perfect day. It’s going to be special to wear the rainbow jersey and I’ll try to honor it as best I can. Tobias Foss * Full name: Tobias Svendsen Foss * Age: 24 years (born 25 May 1997) * Team: Jumbo-Visma * Selected merits: WC gold tempo Australia (2022), two senior golds in the NM (tempo and joint start 2021) , 9th place overall in the Giro d’Italia (2021), overall victory in the Tour de l’Avenir (2019). * Olympic merits: 61st place (joint start) and 23rd place (pace) during the Tokyo Olympics. * Current: Became tempo world champion in cycling in Australia on Sunday. (NTB) First speed medal in 27 years Thor Hushovd was the last Norwegian before Foss to achieve the gold feat in a cycling WC – also at that time in Australia. That was in 2010. – It’s insanely impressive. There is a generation coming now, and Tobias is one of them. I had not imagined that it would be a victory. It is extremely surprising, said Hushovd to TV 2. Photo: VEGARD WIVESTAD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN NORWAY Foss is the first Norwegian ever to win a medal on the tempo since the men’s race was on the program in 1994. Before the historic WC gold was Norway’s best result on the men’s side at pace Andreas Leknessund’s 13th place from 2020. – I’m not quite “nobody”, but I’m 50 percent “nobody”. That it’s little shock, I think. A small surprise I guess it was, the 25-year-old joked further. – Out-of-body feeling In the living room, at the Foss family’s home, there was a proud father who sat and watched Tobias win WC gold on the TV screen: – I realized at the first pass that the boy is fit. Tobias has cycled quite fast in his life, so he is not the type to burst, says Alf Magne Foss to news. Naturally, he and the rest of the family were ecstatic when they saw the cycling ace drive in a super time. – If he had won bronze, we would have been at the same level today. But we realized that this was the way to go, and at the end, when he came in two or three seconds behind, there was hugging, shouting and howling on the sofa here. – It is an out-of-body feeling. We have put up flags, continues papa-Foss.
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