Bad luck strikes Tom Dumoulin before Mur de Bretagne

After coming through the first five hectic stages of the Tour de France unscathed, bad luck struck for Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) on stage 6 when he suffered a mechanical just before the first uphill finish on the Mûr de Bretagne. The Dutchman lost all of the advantage he earned in the first week, coming in 53 seconds down and then being docked a further 20 seconds for excessive drafting off his team car.

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