"I have heard from several people that Pogacar will do so" - Tom Dumoulin hears whispers of bike change
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The big question surrounding the stage 16 individual time-trial at the 2023 Tour de France is around the likelihood of bike changes, and whether or not Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will indulge. Tom Dumoulin, has had his ears to the ground and heard some whispers.
“I know from a number of top riders in the rankings that they will not change," the former Giro d'Italia winner, who won three Tour de France stages and finished 2nd in 2018 during his own career, told De Avondetappe. Tadej Pogacar though was witnessed on the rest day practising the changing of bikes. Was this ready for the time-trial or was just mind games?
"I have heard from several people that Pogacar will do so,” answers Dumoulin. The slow bike change of Geraint Thomas in the decisive individual time-trial at the Giro d'Italia was one of the factors that took the Maglia Rosa out of hands, with Primoz Roglic taking the win.
Roglic's Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard takes a 10 second lead into the time-trial over Pogacar and we soon find out if the bike change will pay off or not.
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Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- Congrats! It is done so now is time for CX.averagecyclist15-11-2026
- It's going to happen at some point. It will happen to Tadej as well, we all get older. Jonas was in pretty great form at the tour. I still consider him a top two or three cyclist in the world, until he's not.awp15-11-2026
- mij, I am not so sure of that. I have been on a spine ward at a Denver hospital that had quite a few spinal injuries from mountain biking.BDBigGuy15-11-2026
- Pogi takes care of his teammates in races and training. Tadej Pogačar is widely praised within the cycling peloton for his fair and egalitarian leadership, actively supporting his UAE teammates both on the road during races and behind the scenes at training camps. Rather than acting like an untouchable superstar, he has intense team loyalty by sharing daily chores, giving up personal glory to help domestiques, and publicly praising their sacrifices. Unlike some Grand Tour contenders, like Vingegaard, who occasionally train away from their squads, Pogi consistently attends team training camps alongside his domestiques, making the exact same sacrifices to build friendship. I love how Pogačar shares his teammates-domestiques, either when they succeed or win in races or when they simply just do a good job for him. It has to be a great moral boost for them. And then they work even harder and go even deeper for Pogi. This is teamwork.PogiSloFans15-11-2026
- Yeah, what he said!Lozza15-11-2026
- I’m sure Jasper Philipsen would disagree with you.Lozza15-11-2026
- Article says he was “out for a spin around the town”, implying not off-road.Lozza15-11-2026
- let’s be honest, Alpecin is all about one rider - MVDP. I’m sure he gets whatever he needs, the rest get the scraps.mij15-11-2026
- there are more vicious injuries on a road bike than a mountain bike far and away.mij15-11-2026
- That'll be one crazy rider
Rafionain-Glas15-11-2026
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