If he had put more. Papa Alf Magne Foss didn’t really know that his son Tobias could become world champion in the individual time trial in Australia. Nevertheless, the Norwegian bet a small amount on his offspring – and won.
“I’m not really a gambler but I bet 50 kroner on my son. And I got 5000 back,” Foss tweeted, ending with two teary smiling smileys. Converted, the stake was five euros and the profit was 500 euros.
Foss senior watched the race on TV at home in Vingrom near Lillehammer. “We hugged, we screamed, we cheered here on the sofa,” Foss told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. “I feel like I’m out of my body. We raised the flag.” Tobias Foss duped the entire cycling elite in Wollongong on Sunday and became world champion in the fight against the clock with a three-second lead over Stefan Küng from Switzerland. No Norwegian had ever done that before.
