Tobias Foss leaves peloton in absolute shock with maiden win at Time-Trial World Championships
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The World Championships promised surprise and drama and they delivered. Against all odds and the expectations of most, the win has not been taken by any of the big favourites, but instead by Tobias Foss who set an incredibly strong time and soared to the rainbow stripes in the time-trial discipline.
Riding the same course as the women's Elite field, the men's peloton knew exactly what to expect. The hilly and technical 34-kilometer course however allowed for surprises, and what was to happen was exactly that on the road.
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The field was very strong, and within the first waves some strong times started being set, with the likes of Luke Plapp, Bruno Armirail, Yves Lampaert and Stefan Bissegger all removing each other from the hot seat in quick succession early on in the day. Bissegger's time was one to contest for the medals, His time held strongly, until Tobias Foss blasted through the finish to remove 47 seconds quicker with a time that would be contesting the win.
As Ethan Hayter and Magnus Sheffield - who've done very well in the first intermediate points - had a mechanical and a crash respectively, it brought down their expectations. Ethan Hayter finished second to Foss, with Nelson Oliveira following and riding to third place, whilst Stefan Küng led the final intermediate point as Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar and Stefan Küng couldn't match the times.
Küng seemed to be the only rider capable of beating Foss, but the finish was dramatic as Küng could not remove the Jumbo-Visma rider out of the hot seat, by only three seconds. Filippo Ganna could not contest the podium, and Remco Evenepoel finished third on the day nine seconds down, culminating on one of the most surprising results in recent times.
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- great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
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- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- He should be in a different team. It was detrimental. For them it does not matter if he does not develop. He should have gone to a team where they need him to succeed.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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