{"id":175513,"date":"2019-09-23T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=175513"},"modified":"2019-09-23T13:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T13:00:52","slug":"dumoulin-will-make-full-recovery-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/09\/23\/dumoulin-will-make-full-recovery-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumoulin Will Make Full Recovery and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Update on the Dutchman\u2019s injury<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tom Dumoulin suffered a knee injury after a crash in the 2019 Giro earlier this year. He didn\u2019t recover in time for the Tour nor the Vuelta, but he should be ready for next season. A second operation was needed to clean the quadricep tendon of unhealthy tissue to make sure Dumoulin will be able to race at his previous level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operation went very well,\u201d Dumoulin said. \u201cThe only problem with tendon tissue is that it\u2019s a badly vascularised tissue and that causes slow healing. I\u2019ve been told that recovering from this injury is a fine balance between not doing enough training (which I haven\u2019t really found what that means) and doing too much training (which I unfortunately found out a couple of times already). But it\u2019s going in the right direction now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dumoulin after abandoning the race during stage five of the Giro d’Italia, May 15, 2019. \u00a9 Profimedia, AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The yellow jersey of Jumbo-Visma will be awaiting him next season, and Dumoulin should team up with the likes of Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d and Steven Kruijswijk to bring the team some glory. One thing is for sure, he cannot wait to get back to racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis whole year has been very demanding, physically and mentally, but at the same time very liberating and mind-opening. Missing out on being competitive at the highest level has made me appreciate even more what I had, and what I want in the next couple of years. I want to go back to do everything I can to be the best version of myself on the bike, to go back to winning races, to try and win another Grand Tour. I hopefully have another five or six, maybe more, good years in my legs,\u201d Dumoulin said. \u201cLet\u2019s make the most of them!\u201d<\/p>\n

Fingers crossed!<\/p>\n

An explanation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2bvygwIT4E\/<\/p>\n

Those ARE cycling shorts<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n