Tom Dumoulin promotes his departure: “I can’t take it anymore”

Last June the Dutch cyclist Tom Roll over (31 years old) has announced that he will retire at the end of this season, after months and months of fighting to find the pedal stroke that made him the best cyclist in the peloton. But seeing that in his last training sessions the results were not what he wanted, Dumoulin decided to bring forward his retirement.

“I have decided to leave professional cycling with immediate effect. About two months ago I announced that I would retire as a professional cyclist at the end of the year. Last spring, despite my love for cycling, I noticed that things are not going the way I want, I feel ready for a new phase of my life, but I still have one project on my wish list to finish my career strong, the World Championship in Australia. I want to approach that road to the World Championship the same way I approach the road to Tokyo Olympicso”, announced the Maastricht runner from his social networks.

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But one thing is the initial desire and another is the harsh reality. “But I realized that I can’t do it anymore. The fuel tank is empty, the weight of the legs and the training sessions are not working as expected and I also need to have a good result and have a good feeling in World Championship. Ever since I fell in training in September, something broke again. I had to cut short my efforts to return to my old form and face another disappointment. Too much.”

It is certainly not a farewell “as expected”, but “I leave my career behind with incredible pride. I worked hard for it, took a lot of passion and pleasure for many years and gave a brilliant performances. I will never forget that. Now it’s time to enjoy other things and be with the people I love. Thank you so much to my team and everyone who has supported me in my amazing career. And a special thanks to my wife who has supported me all these years.” corridor of Jumbo-Visma.

In his eleven years as a professional, since he debuted in 2011 with rabbankDumoulin achieved a total of 22 professional victories, including his victory in Italy is spinning of 2017 and his second place in Italy in 2018 as the most outstanding, the year in which he was also second in Tour de France.

Time trial world champion in 2017 and silver in 2018, Tom Dumoulin wants to fight to close with a good performance in Australian World Championshipfrom September 18 to 25, his professional career, but this Tuesday his retirement progressed.