“In the Giro time trial, the purpose and the focus will not be on the leaderboard. At least, that is the approach,” said Dumoulin Thursday at the presentation of his team Allegiant Alpecin in Berlin.
The 25 year old Dutchman prefers the Giro over riding the Tour of Spain, where last year he finished sixth in the final standings.
“The Vuelta has taught me very well in the future can throw in a ranking of large round, but we wait another year with “
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Olympics Trial
It is expected that Dumoulin this year the Tour de France leaves shoot. “It is probably no tour, no. All remains to be seen how I come out of the Giro. The alternative is high altitude training and the Tour of Poland. It appears that I respond well to such a stage.”
Besides the Giro state in 2016 for the Dutch mainly dominated by the Olympic time trial in Rio de Janeiro.
Dumoulin applies there as one of the contenders for gold, because the 54 kilometer long trail him the body seems to be written. “With a less suitable course we might otherwise planned.”
The time trial will be held in Rio on August 10. The Giro starts on May 6th with a time trial of 9.8 kilometers through Apeldoorn
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