Jumbo-Visma confirm that Tom Dumoulin will miss Tour de France
It has been verified that Tom Dumoulin will pass up this year’s Tour de France, with Jumbo-Visma handing the Dutchman’s area to the rising talent Jonas Vingegaard.
Dumoulin was named alongside Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk as one of a trio of leaders for the Dutch crew when they declared their eight-person staff in January.
Nevertheless, a working day later, Dumoulin declared his selection to set his job on maintain and take a crack from cycling.
While modern reports that Dumoulin was on the Dutch federation’s vaccination list for the Olympics, suggesting a comeback was close, he will not be racing the Tour, which starts in Brittany on June 26.
“The team and I made a decision that I consider a go away with an unknown time frame from our stunning sport,” Dumoulin reported in January. “For way too extensive I really feel a massive stress to execute and I feel that I usually want to do the greatest for the staff, for all the sponsors, the fans and so forth. But in that method I forgot my myself a little bit. I forgot what I basically want inside this activity and with my foreseeable future.”
On Monday morning, Jumbo-Visma introduced that Dumoulin’s location would go to Vingegaard, who is savoring a breakthrough period in his 3rd calendar year as a professional.
The 24-yr-outdated won a mountain-major end at the UAE Tour prior to successful two phases and the all round title at the Settimana Coppi e Bartali. He took another huge action ahead with 2nd over-all at Itzulia Basque Nation, where by Roglic was on the top rated action in a workforce 1-two. Vingegaard has used the earlier week doing work for Roglic in the Ardennes Classics, as he had now completed properly on his Grand Tour debut at final year’s Vuelta a España.
“I am of system quite delighted with this,” Vingegaard stated. “It’s a aspiration coming genuine for me. I normally viewed the Tour on tv, so it’s pretty great to be awarded a location in the Tour range.
“I am really pleased with my improvement, because I have designed quite a massive improvement in truth. Hopefully I can get even improved. By encouraging Primoz and Steven I can acquire yet another phase and study a ton. The Tour is anything various from the Vuelta, but it will unquestionably be a great encounter yet again.”
Vingegaard was a single of a amount of contenders determined by Jumbo-Visma when Dumoulin stepped aside. His final results have been tough to disregard, as has his expanding romance with Roglic, and his graduation to the Tour workforce can be noticed as a stage in his have progress as a long run Grand Tour contender.
“We took Jonas into the crew in 2019 because we saw that he is actually proficient. He confirmed that straight away,” reported team director Grischa Niermann. “Last year he rode a truly sturdy Vuelta in support of Primoz. He also confirmed for the to start with time that he can perform a vital job in the higher mountains, in the Alps and the Pyrenees.
“We believe he will perform a actually vital function in the Tour. His collection is a reward for his superior outcomes. In idea, Jonas can be a Grand Tour contender himself. He also has a excellent time demo. But he requires time for his progress. In that regard nothing at all is greater than driving a Grand Tour with Steven and with Primoz and guidance them and also discover from them.”
