Dumoulin drives the pace in the final kilometres of stage 20. Image: Sunada
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) will return to the Giro d'Italia in 2019, one year after the 2017 victor placed second to Chris Froome (Sky).
Dumoulin became the first Dutchman to win in 2017 by overhauling Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) in the time trials.
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