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Tom Dumoulin accelerates during the 20th stage of the Tour de France, a 36.2-kilometre (22.5-mile) individual time trial, from Lure to La Planche des Belles.
Cyclist Tom Dumoulin, former champion of the Giro d’Italia, announced on Friday he will retire & Á; at the end of the season, by indicating that the sacrifices he makes no longer bring the results he desires.
Dumoulin’s contract with the Jumbo-Visma team ends at the end of this campaign. The 31-year-old Dutchman returned He returned to competition last year, six months after taking a break from the sport to consider his future following burnout.
The former world time trial champion has had a year of success. or disappointing and dropped out his most recent race, the Giro.
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“I have decided that 2022 will be my last year as a professional cyclist & rdquo ;, he wrote Dumoulin on Instagram. “Many times, and especially this year, it has been a frustrating road, in which my body felt sick. tired and still feel tired. As soon as the load in training or racing increases, I experience fatigue, aches and injuries instead of getting better. The effort in training does not usually lead to the desired performance.”
Dumoulin, a time trial specialist who also won stages in all three Grand Tours, he won the 2017 Giro and finished in second place in the Tour de France a year later. But he has dealt with injuries in recent seasons and said that when he announced his break from cycling was also weighed down by the pressure to perform.
The Dutchman on Friday that he believes he is capable of regaining his “full potential” on the bike. But that would be a long and patient road, with no guarantee of success. He choose not to take that path, but to leave my active cycling and take a new and unknown path.
Dumoulin now decide & á; with his team on a program for the rest of the season. He pointed that his goal is to compete in the road world championships in Australia this year, hoping to “bring the best out of me&dquo in the time trial for the last time”.