Tom Dumoulin quits Critérium du Dauphiné to avoid further aggravating knee injury ahead of the Tour de France
The Dutchman will instead complete some final altitude training before the Grand Départ from Brussels on July 6
Tom Dumoulin
Nationality: Dutch
Date of birth: November 11, 1990
Height: 186cm
Weight: 71kg
Team: Sunweb
Tom Dumoulin is Team Sunweb’s grand tour general classification leader.
In 2017, he became the UCI time trial world champion, and won the Giro d’Italia.
The same success could not be matched in 2018, where he was second at the Giro, Tour de France, UCI world champs time trial and team time trial.
The Dutchman’s time trial and climbing ability has drawn comparisons with 2012 Tour/Oympic winner Bradley Wiggins, and Dumoulin himself has said that he has been inspired by the Briton’s performance.
However, in more recent years he has worked on his climbing, helping him in the three week grand tours.
The Dutch rider has collected a host of Grand Tour time trial wins, including the opening time trial stage of the 2016 Giro d’Italia at home in the Netherlands, stages 9 and 13 of the Tour de France (both ITT). He was also second in the 2016 Rio Olympics, behind Fabian Cancellara, who Chris Froome called ‘unbeatable’.
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Tom Dumoulin during stage two of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2019 (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) -
Tom Dumoulin on his way to third place during the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial stage (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images) Tom Dumoulin says riding the Tour de France ‘doesn’t make much sense’ if knee injury doesn’t improve
Tom Dumoulin said racing the Tour de France “doesn’t make much sense” if he hasn’t fully recovered from his knee injury.
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Tom Dumoulin tries his luck in the breakaway (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP/ Getty Images) Tom Dumoulin: ‘It wasn’t the plan to go in the break but I found myself on the front’
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.
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Tom Dumoulin suffering with injuries before the start of stage five of the Giro d'Italia 2019 (photo by Simon Gill/Action Plus via Getty Images) Tom Dumoulin says it will be difficult for him to get to the Tour de France in good shape
The Dutchman is still recovering from a crash that saw him abandon the 2019 Giro d'Italia
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Sunweb's Michael Matthews and Corendon-Circus' Mathieu van der Poel in the 2019 Brabantse Pijl (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) Travel company Sunweb buys sponsor of Mathieu van der Poel's Corendon-Circus team
Tom Dumoulin and Mathieu van der Poel could soon both receive their paycheques from the same source, following news that travel company Sunweb is acquiring the Corendon Holiday Group.
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It was an emotional and unexpected victory for Chad Haga (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) 'I did my best Tom Dumoulin impression': Chad Haga saves Sunweb's Giro d'Italia with time trial win
American Chad Haga tipped his hat to his Sunweb team-mate Tom Dumoulin, saying he did the best impression of the former world champion to win the Giro d'Italia's closing time trial in Verona.
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Tom Dumoulin (Sunada)
Dutch national championships could be held abroad to attract stars like Tom Dumoulin
The Dutch national championships could be taken abroad in the hopes of attracting superstars like Tom Dumoulin and Steven Kruijswijk.
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Tom Dumoulin is at home recovering after being injured in a crash at the Giro d'Italia (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Tom Dumoulin forced to rest for a week after abandoning Giro d’Italia
Tom Dumoulin will be forced to rest for at least a week after a crash caused him to abandon the Giro d’Italia.
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Tom Dumoulin was forced to step off the bike just 1.5km into the day (Photo by Luk BENIES / AFP) 'I wasn't ready to go home': Tom Dumoulin devastated to be forced out of Giro d'Italia 2019
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) tried to fight on in the 2019 Giro d'Italia, two years after winning the overall, but found the pain in his knee too much after crashing in stage four.
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Tom Dumoulin on stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia (Sunada) Tom Dumoulin continues on at Giro d'Italia despite knee injury
Team confirms the Dutchman has been medically cleared to race
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Tom Dumoulin's knee pours with blood after stage four of the 2019 Giro d'Italia (LUK BENIES/AFP/Getty Images) Tom Dumoulin concedes 'GC is gone' after disastrous crash on Giro d'Italia stage four
The Dutchman confirmed he hadn't suffered any fractures in the incident
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Tom Dumoulin at the 2019 Tirreno-Adriatico (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Tom Dumoulin says 'it's better to be mentally fresh' as he targets Giro d'Italia and Tour de France
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has ridden a fairly light early-season schedule this year, but that is just the way the Dutchman planned it as he targets the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.
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Tom Dumoulin at the 2018 Giro d'Italia (Sunada) Team Sunweb prepared for possible pink for Tom Dumoulin after opening Giro time trial
Team coach says it would be hard to say they could defend the lead from start to finish
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Tom Dumoulin at the 2019 Tirreno-Adriatico (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Tom Dumoulin says he's performing 'worse than last two years' ahead of Giro d'Italia
Tom Dumoulin said he is in worse form than the previous two years as he looks to the Giro d’Italia.
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Tom Dumoulin has responded to the revelation his former team-mate was involved in doping (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Tom Dumoulin says he ‘felt betrayed’ after Georg Preidler's blood doping confession
Tom Dumoulin said he "felt betrayed" by the revelation his former team-mate Georg Preidler was involved in a blood doping ring.
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Tom Dumoulin (Sunada)
Tom Dumoulin: 'I don't need Tirreno-Adriatico to do well in the Giro'
The Dutchman says winning Tirreno-Adriatico is not key to his preparation for the Giro d'Italia
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1 March 2019 1st UAE Tour Stage 06 : Ajman - Jabel Jais DUMOULIN Tom (NED) Sunweb Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tom Dumoulin: 'At least I confirmed my shape is good'
Dumoulin said he almost quit the sixth stage of the UAE Tour, before going on to finish second on the stage
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Tom Dumoulin and Marcel Kittel at the 2016 Giro d'Italia (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Marcel Kittel hails ‘extraordinary’ transformation of his former lead-out rider Tom Dumoulin
Marcel Kittel has spoken of the “extraordinary” transformation of his former lead-out rider Tom Dumoulin.
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Tom Dumoulin ahead of the 2019 UAE Tour (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) Tom Dumoulin: ‘UAE Tour not just a training race for Giro d’Italia’
Tom Dumoulin says he is not just riding in the Middle East as training for his return to the Giro d’Italia in spring, but has ambitions to add to his palmarès.
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27 July 2018 105th Tour de France Stage 19 : Lourdes - Laruns DUMOULIN Tom (NED) Sunweb Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tom Dumoulin: 'I was disappointed with the Tour route. My chance of winning Giro is greater’
Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) says that the 2019 Tour de France route disappointed him, pushing him to race the Giro d'Italia in May.
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Dumoulin drives the pace in the final kilometres of stage 20. Image: Sunada Tom Dumoulin targetting Giro d'Italia in 2019, but will 'likely' race Tour de France as well
The Dutchman outlines the Giro as his main goal for the 2019 season
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27 July 2018 105th Tour de France Stage 19 : Lourdes - Laruns DUMOULIN Tom (NED) Sunweb Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tom Dumoulin casts doubts over Tour de France 2019 participation
Tom Dumoulin says he doesn't think the parcours of the 2019 Tour will suit him
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Dumoulin on the climb to Cervinia (Image: Sunada) Credit: Yuzuru Sunada Giro d'Italia route an 'attractive proposition' for Tom Dumoulin
Team Sunweb sports director Luke Roberts to sit down and analyse parcours before final decision is made
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Tom Dumoulin hopes to target the Tour de France next season Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tom Dumoulin says Tour de France 2019 route ‘not ideal’ for his style
Tom Dumoulin says the 2019 Tour de France is ‘not ideal’ for him because of the high climbs and few time trial opportunities.
