Inside the mind of Tom Dumoulin

Don’t call him the defending champion; Tom Dumoulin prefers to go into the 101st Giro d’Italia with a clean slate. And whatever happens in Rome, a shot at the Tour de France is at least on the cards as things stand. Cycling reporter with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Raymond Kerckhoffs, has closely followed his countryman’s rise to the top.
 
It’s pouring with rain, the thermometer reads 5C. The date? Wednesday March 28, 2018: the day of Dwars door Vlaanderen.

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