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Dumoulin was furious Friday after the last mountain leg of this Tour that a motorcyclist was too close to the winner of the final stage Primoz Roglic in the descent towards the finish.
"Tom was angry at the injustice that a motor so big According to Arthur van Dongen, Dum Dumin team leader Dum Dum, this could influence the trend of price. "He is very sick against this kind of injustice, and rightly so, but I think it was also the good trigger for doing everything in the time trial today. "
That's what made Limburger, a 27-year-old chronograph mile long, with great success." With a time of 40 minutes and 52 seconds, he was exactly a second faster than Chris Froome Gelegruidrager Geraint Thomas was third on fourteen counts and Dumoulin also secured his second place in the final standings.
"This stage win completes our Tour", Van Dongen exclaims. "We are very happy, it's fantastic to finish the difficult Giro-Tour this way, again, it's the confirm classification runner Tom Dumoulin. "
Outlook
According to the team leader, after the big Friday's disappointment does not require extra mental support for Dumoulin
" Of course we talked to Tom on Friday night, but there was nothing more than normal. "Tom himself is mentally strong and he has to do it himself. It's as simple as that. "
After Saturday morning's time trial recognition in the French Basque Country, Dumoulin finally lost his last disappointment
" This time trial was Tom's perfect choice. "" He came in the bus of the team after the exploration and said: "Wow, it's such a beautiful course!" If Tom says it must be fine, this exploration gave him a tremendous boost and that victory is the result. "
Giro
Dumoulin will be Sunday Paris for the second big round in a row on the second step of the podium, after he in May in the Giro second behind Froome.The Tour of Italy was this year the main goal of the Limburger and the Sunweb team, not the Tour de France.
"This second place offers a lot of prospects", according to Van Dongen. "Also because he has proved that he can attack uphill, whereas in the past he could often only hang in the mountains, so I think that there There are still a lot of beautiful things to come. "
Dumoulin is officially not yet quite definitely his second place, as Sunday is the traditional final stage in Paris on the program.The riders leave Houilles at 4:20 pm and the next day. arrived at 19:10 in the French capital.
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