Procycling

Tom Dumoulin

or an ordinary cyclist, finishing second at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same season would be seen as a monumental achievement, and yet for Tom Dumoulin, was 2018 a missed opportunity? The Dutchman’s progression as a grand tour contender had been steady; he finished a breakout sixth in the 2015 Vuelta, but in 2016 despite starting the Giro and Tour he abandoned both after the time trials, instead concentrating his season on the Rio Olympics. Then he won the Giro in 2017

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