Tom Dumoulin tries his luck in the breakaway (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP/ Getty Images)
Tom Dumoulin said his day in the breakaway at the Critérium du Dauphiné was unplanned, after he found himself in front of a split on the first climb.
The Sunweb leader is riding the week-long stage race to test his recovery from injury suffered early in the Giro d’Italia.
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