Tom Dumoulin Archives

Tom Dumoulin: “I hated cycling so much”

November 8, 2022 at 11:38 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutch winner of Giro d’Italia took a break from professional racing in 2021 to focus on his mental health and wellbeing. He then returned and won an Olympic silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s individual time trial. However, Dumoulin then decided…

Tom Dumoulin on Ending His Career: “I felt that I was ready for a new phase in my life”

August 17, 2022 at 9:41 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutch star rider previously announced that he intended to retire at the end of the current season. However, the Klasikoa San Sebastián at the end of July was his final race. Tom Dumoulin decided to end his cycling career with immediate effect.

The Dramatic Giro and Jai Hindley’s Win with One Burst of Climbing

May 30, 2022 at 10:10 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Jai Hindley became the first Australian winner of the Giro d’Italia on Sunday – and claimed his first-ever Grand Tour GC championship – when he lost just 7 seconds to his closest rival, Richard Carapaz of Ineos Grenadiers, on the final-stage ITT. The victory…

Who Looks Good in the Giro d’Italia

May 4, 2022 at 11:49 am5 min reading

Road cycling

The Giro d’Italia is starting on May 6 from the Hungarian capital Budapest two years late because of the Covid pandemic. But what explains the race having only 26.3 km of time trialling, the lowest amount since the early 1960s, but a whopping 51 km…

Tom Dumoulin’s Topsy-Turvy Year

October 25, 2021 at 12:29 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

This has been a very unusual year for the Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin – and it has nothing to do with the Covid-19 pandemic. In January, the 30-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider decided to take an indefinite, unpaid time-out from the sport.

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Annemiek van Vleuten and Primož Roglič Win Olympic Time Trial Gold Medals

July 28, 2021 at 10:43 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutchwoman destroyed the opposition and Primož Roglič dominated in a similar manner.

The (Sometimes) Unbearable Stress of Professional Racing

May 10, 2021 at 9:20 am6 min reading

Road cycling

When 2017 Giro d’Italia and world time trial champion Tom Dumoulin said in January that he was suspending his racing career, the shock was felt across the cycling world. Just days earlier, his Jumbo-Visma team had released an interview in which the 30-year-old Dutchman said…

Tom Dumoulin to Take a Break from Cycling and Other Important News from the World of Cycling

January 25, 2021 at 10:53 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?

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Primož Roglič Leads After Day One at La Vuelta

October 21, 2020 at 10:47 am5 min reading

Road cycling

What an opening to this year’s last Grand Tour! With a tough climb at the finish of the first stage, the battle for the overall win has already begun. Primož Roglič is now in the lead, Chris Froome is out of contention and if the…

Who Will Win The 2020 La Vuelta?

October 20, 2020 at 1:19 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

There will be two races in this year’s Vuelta a España, man against man and man against the virus. What happened in the Giro, in which two teams dropped out as a result of COVID-19 infections and some riders and teams asked for the race…