🇮🇹 #Giro 💬 "The form is simply not there. At this moment, I have no answer to the question why." - Tom Dumoulin Read more on our website. ✍🏼⤵️
Tom Dumoulin had controlled expectations going into the Giro d'Italia, however he found it unfeasible to complete the race as fatigue took over him and the 31-year old saw himself forced to abandon the brutal race.
Dumoulin has explained after stage 14, where he abandoned halfway through the day: "The tank is empty. I don't really know what I can say about it now. This is extremely disappointing." He quotes a lot of fatigue and inability to climb at a high level, possibly with an underlying unidentified medical condition. "I can't pedal away any power without it hurting. The form is simply not there. At this moment, I have no answer to the question why," he said.
He played a crucial role in Koen Bouwman's win on stage seven, where Dumoulin showed glimpses of great form by getting in the breakaway and resisting the attacks throughout the day from Davide Formolo and Bauke Mollema, before leading out his teammate for the win. He also finished third on the second stage time-trial, however outside of the individual challenges he's struggled to reach his past level.
He has lost his GC ambitions but nevertheless was looking to complete the race, but that proved impossible for the Dutchman: "I noticed that I wasn't in my best shape this Giro. Nevertheless, I was determined to finish, and finish together with the rest of the team in Verona," he said. "I wanted to at least get the necessary race mileage. I tried to get myself in the zone every morning to make the best of it, but I simply didn't manage. My body is worn out."
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