Marcel Kittel says he's not surprised Tom Dumoulin wanted to leave Sunweb
The German quit racing in 2019 while Dumoulin transferred to Jumbo-Visma after injury curtailed his season
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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Sunweb exodus continues as Tom Dumoulin’s trainer leaves team
Tom Dumoulin’s trainer is the latest Sunweb staff member to step away from the team after the star rider announced his move to Jumbo-Visma.
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Tom Dumoulin targets Tour de France and Tokyo Olympics for comeback year with Jumbo-Visma
The Dutchman has been forced to miss the majority of the 2019 season through injury
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Doctors tell Tom Dumoulin he will make full recovery as Dutchman posts injury update
Dumoulin has been told his knee will not hold him back from returning to his previous level
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'The last months have not been fun': Dumoulin opens up on difficult decision to leave Sunweb
Sunweb have described the decision to mutually terminate the Dutchman's contract as 'unique' in cycling
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Jumbo-Visma confirm Tom Dumoulin signing
Jumbo-Visma have quietly confirmed the signing of Tom Dumoulin, after the Dutch star ended his contract with Sunweb.
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Team Sunweb and Tom Dumoulin end contract early, signs for Jumbo-Visma
The Dutchman thanked the German outfit after a successful eight years with the team
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Sunweb confirm Tom Dumoulin will miss Vuelta a España, effectively ending Dutchman’s season
Alongside the Dutch national coach's doubts over his fitness for the Worlds, it's likely Dumoulin's racing in 2019 is over
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Tom Dumoulin unlikely to recover from injury in time for World Championships
The Dutch national coach is instead considering taking Mike Teunissen, who took the first yellow jersey at this year's Tour
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Tom Dumoulin’s departure from Sunweb ‘far from settled’
Tom Dumoulin’s departure from Sunweb is “far from settled,” according to Dutch media.
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Tom Dumoulin to join Jumbo-Visma from Sunweb in 2020, say sources
The Dutchman is set to break a contract with Sunweb to join the Dutch team next year
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Tom Dumoulin still not ready for intensive training
Tom Dumoulin is still not able to train intensively after a painful crash at the Giro d’Italia.
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Tom Dumoulin says transfer ‘out of the question’ after Team Ineos and Jumbo-Visma rumours
Tom Dumoulin has said leaving Sunweb is “out of the question” after rumours of a switch to Team Ineos or Jumbo-Visma began to circulate.
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Tom Dumoulin ‘seriously considering’ leaving Sunweb at end of season, according to reports
A move will be easier said than done as the Dutchman is signed to the German team until 2021
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Michael Matthews left ‘totally confused’ by Tom Dumoulin’s Tour de France absence
The Australian says he's spent the past few months preparing to assist Dumoulin in place of his own ambitions
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Tom Dumoulin says pulling out of Tour de France 2019 ‘felt like a relief’
Tom Dumoulin said pulling out of the Tour de France “felt like a relief.”
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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
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Tom Dumoulin abandons altitude training in further setback to Tour de France ambitions
The Dutchman decided en route to the Alps that he wasn't feeling good enough and turned his car around
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Tom Dumoulin undergoes minor surgery in battle for Tour de France fitness
The Dutchman now heads to an altitude camp before the Tour begins on July 6
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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
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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: ‘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 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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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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'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.
