Teammates Jose van Emdon and Goen Bowman were not surprised at Tom Dumoulin’s call to stop cycling at the end of the season.
They already knew their Maastricht team would be hanging out at the end of the season.
Together in Giro di Italia
During the last Giro d’Italia, Van Emden and Bowman summed up the struggles in Tom Dumoulin. “When you’re a great champion, acting a little less feels like an immediate failure, so I can only imagine he has a bad feeling,” said Jose van Emden.
Pride of Tom
After this season, the people of Maastricht are very upset that their well-known fellow city dweller will not fit his jersey number on his jersey. An observer on the RSM-Wealerronde summarizes it: “Finally if anyone is over the top, it’s over quickly.”
Australia
Despite announcing that this is the last season of his cycling career, Dumoulin still has sporting goals. Along with the team, he wants to see the continuation of the season. The successful finale of his career should be the World Championships in Australia. On the Time Trail, he was part of the World Champion in 2017, and he wants to burn once more.
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