Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

[Miburo]

The way he looks and talks. I might be wrong, just my opinion.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Could definitely see Poels doing a Pinot and throwing a massive tantrum as soon as things start going wrong for him

 

[Gigs_98]

I really hope he can ride in rio. I'm sure he would have won considering how superb he was so far in the tour TT's. Now froome will win in rio too

 

[Red Rick]

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With this shape Poels would have won the Giro.

Like Sky always does well in the Tour. Remind me, how well do they go on the Giro?

 

[PremierAndrew]

I really hope he can ride in rio. I'm sure he would have won considering how superb he was so far in the tour TT's. Now froome will win in rio too

Froome did very well in the TTs against Dumoulin considering Froome had Ventoux and Finhaut-Emosson before the two TTs while Dumoulin had rest days. It would have been very close between Froome and Dumoulin, and with the distance, I don't think you could count Tony Martin out either. But we've been robbed of that main battle now

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

There's a slim chance Dumoulin might still make Rio. But it's a big if..

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Dumoulin has a broken radius, but it's a good fracture so there is still hope he can recover in time. He will only go to Rio if he has a chance to win though and he can't train right now. Otherwise he won't go.

 

[Carols]

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Dumoulin has a broken radius, but it's a good fracture so there is still hope he can recover in time. He will only go to Rio if he has a chance to win though and he can't train right now. Otherwise he won't go.

What a total bummer . He sure was looking good for Gold....now he might not even get there

 

[carton]

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Dumoulin has a broken radius, but it's a good fracture so there is still hope he can recover in time. He will only go to Rio if he has a chance to win though and he can't train right now. Otherwise he won't go.

He needs to rip out a page out of the Hayman training systems' manual:

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Dumoulin has a broken radius, but it's a good fracture so there is still hope he can recover in time. He will only go to Rio if he has a chance to win though and he can't train right now. Otherwise he won't go.

He can continue training, and it sure as hell won't affect his legs. Slight chance it will affect his TT position, and hardly ideal preparation for his bid at olympic gold, but it's not the end of the world for Major Tom

 

[The Hegelian]

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Dumoulin has a broken radius, but it's a good fracture so there is still hope he can recover in time. He will only go to Rio if he has a chance to win though and he can't train right now. Otherwise he won't go.

He can continue training, and it sure as hell won't affect his legs. Slight chance it will affect his TT position, and hardly ideal preparation for his bid at olympic gold, but it's not the end of the world for Major Tom

Hard to imagine him being able to get of the saddle to climb - but he seemed to ride almost of all the mountain TT seated, so perhaps not a problem?

It's sad to see someone pay such a price for respecting the race. Was surely on the cards to abandon after winning the TT.....

 

[TMP402]

‏@tom_dumoulin
On my way home now. Clean fracture of the radius. To make it to Rio in good shape is still possible if everything goes right. Let's hope!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

 

[jalep]

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Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

Good news

 

[Red Rick]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHh

 

[CheckMyPecs]

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Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

That's just reckless. Criteriums are risky and useless for training for ITTs.

 

[BigMac]

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Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

Training on the cobbles? Good sign, shouldn't be too hurt!

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

That's just reckless. Criteriums are risky and useless for training for ITTs.

It's the post-Tour rigged Crits, fixed outcome, zero risk. He'll just do his thing with no trouble.

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Re: Re:

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

Training on the cobbles? Good sign, shouldn't be too hurt!

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

That's just reckless. Criteriums are risky and useless for training for ITTs.

It's the post-Tour rigged Crits, fixed outcome, zero risk. He'll just do his thing with no trouble.

Fixed or not, criteriums are always especially dangerous because of the sheer number of corners.

 

[pastronef]

I am a Froome fan, but I hope Tom can win the TT, and save us all from dozens of pages of rants

 

[Cannibal72]

Re: Re:

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

Training on the cobbles? Good sign, shouldn't be too hurt!

Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

That's just reckless. Criteriums are risky and useless for training for ITTs.

It's the post-Tour rigged Crits, fixed outcome, zero risk. He'll just do his thing with no trouble.

What do you mean, fixed? I'm sure Dumoulin will genuinely outsprint Kittel and Greipel with his sheer ability and natural skill! (At least, if the race is in Holland.)

 

[lenric37]

Another race another cowgirl.

 

[Bardamu]

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Dumoulin has been spotted training in his home province Limburg on the cobbles of the Kerkstraat in Eijsden...

Also rumored to ride a criterium in 2 days time as training.

Don't think he'll do more than firing the opening shot. Still good news he is (apparently) training again.

 

[classicomano]

Hes even "vlogging" from his bike. Hes fine.

@tom_dumoulin

Vlogging is the new cool, @laurenstendam told me. Gave it a try today.

https://twitter.com/tom_dumoulin/status/757878862705483776

 

[Bardamu]

Great, hopeful news!

 

[jsem94]

Can't wait for him to brutalize the TT field in Rio. Thank God this mishap didn't end his season.