Jumbo-Visma aim to lower expectations around Tom Dumoulin's Giro d'Italia tilt: 'The victory will be too much'

The Dutchman will head to altitude training before his return to Grand Tour racing

Tom Dumoulin
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Tom Dumoulin should not be expected to win this May's Giro d'Italia, his Jumbo-Visma team have warned.

The Dutchman took an indefinite break from cycling at the beginning of 2021 to decide whether or not he wanted to continue the sport as his profession, before returning to racing last summer.

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