Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (NED) has stormed to the victory at the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, the 31 kilometre time trial set to shake up the overall standings once more. He finished the test in 40 minutes and 52 seconds, with his GC position now second.
Dumoulin said: “That was crazy! I can’t believe it. I still thought Froome was one second ahead when I crossed line. It has been an amazing last day, I was so nervous. I had such a hard time yesterday, but today it has just been great to take the stage win.”
Team Sunweb coach Luke Roberts (AUS) said: “Going into the time trial all the podium places were up for grabs. Chris Froome still had a chance, Roglic showed he was very strong yesterday and of course Tom was in second. Places were likely to shuffle today it just depended who had the legs. The gap to Thomas proved too big. We kept the focus on Tom’s race. We prepared it as we always do with a recon in the morning and from that moment full focus on his 31km effort. He did a really good well paced ride today and it’s great to cap of this Tour de France with a stage win and secure second in the GC overall.”
