Tom Dumoulin starts season in Tour of Oman, but Olympics is big target

Despite a strong performance in last year’s Vuelta a España, Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin is delaying any Grand Tour attempts and focussing on Olympic Games time trial glory in Rio

Tom Dumoulin

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Giant-Alpecin’s Tom Dumoulin confirmed the Olympic Games time trial will be his main focus for 2016, dispelling rumours he would attempt to win the Giro d'Italia in May.

Talking ahead of the Tour of Oman, where he begins his season on Tuesday, the 25-year-old told reporters he would postpone any Grand Tour attempts for a year.

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