Tobias Foss astounded the field to take the World Championship time trial jersey for Norway, with Stefan Kung taking silver for Switzerland and Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) the bronze. The 25-year-old had never won a race outside his own national championships, but held his nerve on a sunny day in Wollongong. Having watched the women tackle the technical 34.2km time trial course, the men got their turn in the early afternoon.
Endless blue skies stretched overhead as the riders lowered themselves into the most streamlined position possible to take on a mildly undulating course littered with tight turns. Ad No Wout van Aert (Belgium) – but the field was stacked with talent and the early benchmark was set by Lucas Papp, the Australian roared on by a decent turnout of supporters as he crossed the line in 41:26.83. World ChampionshipsRider ratings: Five-star Evenepoel leads Ganna in time trial fieldYESTERDAY AT 15:28 “It was pretty amazing to be here, all I wanted to do was smile and soak up the atmosphere.
Coming off the Vuelta only seven days ago, it was hard to get my body right. The last lap I got to enjoy it,” Papp said afterwards, admitting that he didn’t think he'd get a home World Championship again during his career. He remained in the hot seat for a fair amount of time, the next big name to watch being Stefan Bissegger, who set off in the second batch of riders.
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