Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

[movingtarget]

Dumoulin needs to ride smart like he did on the Blockhaus stage. Movistar will drill it before the climb and keep it going as long as possible. There isn't much else they can do on this stage.

 

[lenric]

Sky v2 with Froome v2. Amazing.

 

[jmdirt]

WOW!

 

[RedheadDane]

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Dumoulin needs to ride smart like he did on the Blockhaus stage. Movistar will drill it before the climb and keep it going as long as possible. There isn't much else they can do on this stage.

Well... winning is pretty smart.

 

[portugal11]

A new cyborg will win this giro!!! I said this guy would be the major threat to quintana. Real deal, great charisma!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Amazing

 

[Squire]

It's still far from over. The multi mountain stages with long climbs are a different beast entirely. But he's looking mightily good so far!

 

[Arredondo]

He's in the shape of his life. He's not only a beast on the bike, but also in the head. Not making a single mistake on that final climb.

Mightly, mightly impressive. We have a new force to be reckoned with in the GT's!

 

[LaFlorecita]

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It's still far from over. The multi mountain stages with long climbs are a different beast entirely. But he's looking mightily good so far!

Exactly, we can't know how he'll handle those stages. He looks pretty strong though, it's hard to see him crack completely

 

[Amsterhammer]

What a stunning display of everything a top winner needs, not only the legs, but the smarts and race insight. Tommy D is going to make Dutch fans happy for years to come! We have a new boss!

 

[IndianCyclist]

He has somethings going against him.
Weak team, Multi Mountain stages and Dutch bad luck. But it is equally possible that Quintana will run out of energy with the effort and crack in the final TT

 

[movingtarget]

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Dumoulin needs to ride smart like he did on the Blockhaus stage. Movistar will drill it before the climb and keep it going as long as possible. There isn't much else they can do on this stage.

Well... winning is pretty smart.

And the way he won. Quintana never had much of a gap and when the road leveled out Dumoulin stepped on the gas after he saw Nibali in trouble. I don't think he intentionally tried to drop Quintana but when he saw the gap he went for it.

 

[movingtarget]

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He has somethings going against him.
Weak team, Multi Mountain stages and Dutch bad luck. But it is equally possible that Quintana will run out of energy with the effort and crack in the final TT

The TT will be crucial. Strangely not many people thought the TTs would matter much but not many picked Dumoulin to be Quintana's main opposition obviously.

 

[toolittle]

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He has somethings going against him.
Weak team, Multi Mountain stages and Dutch bad luck. But it is equally possible that Quintana will run out of energy with the effort and crack in the final TT

The TT will be crucial. Strangely not many people thought the TTs would matter much but not many picked Dumoulin to be Quintana's main opposition obviously.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/how-to-turn-tom-dumoulin-into-a-grand-tour-contender/

He has a long term plan

 

[Tonton]

This Dumoulin can win the Giro.

 

[del1962]

This Dumoulin can win the Giro.

You don't say

 

[RedheadDane]

This Dumoulin can win the Giro.

The other Dumoulin isn't even in the race, silly.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Amazing. He basically rode at the front for the last 4 kilometres, taking matters into his own hands, chapeau!

Now, a 20 minutes effort after 3 flat days is something else entirely to a 220 km wrecking day after a restday.

 

[TomekA]

This guy is incredible. I'm afraid, after Froome retirement, Sky will sign him and with Sky protection he will dominate TdF like Indurain.

 

[portugal11]

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This guy is incredible. I'm afraid, after Froome retirement, Sky will sign him and with Sky protection he will dominate TdF like Indurain.

This...

 

[Inquitus]

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This guy is incredible. I'm afraid, after Froome retirement, Sky will sign him and with Sky protection he will dominate TdF like Indurain.

With a Sky Train to protect him instead of a weak sauce Sunweb team, he clearly would have the chance to win many Grand Tours.

 

[Gigs_98]

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This guy is incredible. I'm afraid, after Froome retirement, Sky will sign him and with Sky protection he will dominate TdF like Indurain.

I was already worried when Brailsford said after last years tdf mtt that Dumoulin might be the first rider who manages to beat Froome, so Sky definitely sees Dumoulins potential. And considering Froome is already 32 and that Dumoulin will probably want to go to another team since Sunweb doesn't really have strong support for a gc rider, I can very well imagine this happening.

 

[DanielSong39]

Now that Dumoulin has won the Giro, does he sign with Sky and win the next 4 Tours?

 

[RedheadDane]

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Now that Dumoulin has won the Giro, does he sign with Sky and win the next 4 Tours?

Don't jinx it!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oh man. I really hope he doesn't go to Sky, that'd be devastating.