"I think after winning the Worlds, expectations are always high" - Tobias Foss knows confirming his Wollongong 2022 title won't be an easy task
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He's already gotten used to it last year, but Tobias Foss was once again on everyone's radar ahead of UAE Tour's stage 2 time trial. Even more so that the INEOS Grenadiers rider brought with himself a large caliber weapon - the monstrous 68-tooth chainring. This setup eventually led to a decent fourth place for the former World Champion.
"I think after winning the Worlds, expectations are always high but I think it was just an average TT," Foss told GCN about the UAE Tour time trial. "It was on my average level, so I still missed the high-intensity stuff and that's also planned. I think in the end it was a well-executed time trial and at the moment, what I am capable of."
"I think if you look to 2022 when I won the Worlds, if you look at the year as a whole I was always top 10, top five and sometimes close to the podium, so I was always up there but never the best time trialist in the world. I was just the best that day and I was really lucky with that day being the World Championships."
"I am grateful for it and in the end, I have to be realistic that I had never won any time trials before that, so for me, to expect winning every time is unrealistic. My belief is actually stronger than before after proving to myself that I am capable of winning the Worlds."
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