Tom Dumoulin to miss the 2019 Tour de France

The Dutchman says he has run out of time to recover sufficiently from a knee injury

Tom Dumoulin on stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2019 (photo by Simon Gill/Action Plus via Getty Images)

(Image credit: Action Plus via Getty Images)

Tom Dumoulin will miss the 2019 Tour de France, citing struggles with the knee injury he suffered at the Giro d'Italia in May.

The Dutchman crashed on stage four of the race, injuring his knee, and eventually abandoned just 1.5km into stage five the following day.

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