“I still believe in my chances in the general classification. I can not promise I recapture the lead in the final time trial, but it is possible,” said Dumoulin at the site of his team Allegiant Alpecin.
The 24 year old Dutchman finished on the Rettenbach glacier, the murderous final climb of the fifth stage, handsome tenth of 1 minute and 37 seconds of stage winner Thibaut Pinot. He is therefore now seventh in the standings, at 1:32 of the Frenchman of FDJ.
“I’m happy with my result today,” said Dumoulin. “It went very well Beforehand I hoped to lose up to half minutes, so that goal, I have more or less achieved..”
Unloaded
The number three of the World Championship time trial of last year early in the eleven kilometers long and very steep final climb unloaded by the group of favorites, but he never lost lots time on his competitors.
“I have the climb of the Rettenbach glacier approached as a trial and am at my own pace, driven upward. I dropped the riders in the group of favorites in the first half of the climb to go, but then I picked up one after another again. “
Team manager Rudi Kemna saw Dumoulin it “very good” did in the fifth stage. “We’ll see how Tom can improve its position in the time trial on Sunday.”
The Tour of Switzerland ends on Sunday with a race against the clock of 38 kilometers in and around Bern. Dumoulin won Saturday’s prologue in the stage race which is considered an important preparation for the Tour de France next month
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