Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin pictured ahead of stage 16 of the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: Pauline Ballet/A.S.O
Tom Dumoulin
Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin on stage 17 of the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: ASO/Alex Broadway
Tom Dumoulin
Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin is all smiles on stage eight of the 2018 Tour de France. Photo: ASO/Alex Broadway
Tom Dumoulin
Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin won the stage-20 individual time-trial of the Tour de France in 2018. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet
Tom Dumoulin Photo Massimo Paolone LaPresse
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) finished third on the stage 16 of Giro d'Italia in Rovereto today. Photo: Massimo Paolone/LaPresse
Tom Dumoulin
Tom Dumoulin, seen here during the 2017 Giro d'Italia. Photo: filip bossuyt (licensed)
Tom Dumoulin, who placed second in last year’s Giro d’Italia, has abandoned the 102nd edition shortly after the start of the fifth stage in Frascati today.
The 28-year-old Sunweb rider, who won the tour in 2017, finished yesterday’s stage four minutes down on winner Richard Carapaz and overall leader Primoz Roglic after crashing with 6km remaining.
After yesterday’s stage, the Dutch rider said he would decide overnight whether he was fit enough to line up this morning. He ended up starting the stage, but abandoned during the neutralised zone.
“Devastated to leave the Giro like this, but it is what it is. Now it’s time for a small break before looking at what’s up next,” stated Dumoulin on his social media.
