Tom Dumoulin nears Sunweb exit as Jumbo-Visma wait in the wings

The short-but-volatile saga involving Tom Dumoulin's future looks set to come to a head in the next few days, with Team Sunweb and their manager Iwan Spekenbrink set to decide whether they will release Dumoulin from his current contract. Dumoulin has a deal with Team Sunweb until the end of the 2021 season but, according to several reports in the Dutch media, he has become increasingly frustrated with the squad with which he won the Giro d’Italia in 2017.

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Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.