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Time trial gold medal favorite Tom Dumoulin was given the all-clear to go to the Rio Olympics, just four days after fracturing his wrist

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Tom Dumoulin crashes in Tour de France stage 19, injuring his wrist, putting a question mark over his Olympics participation.

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Though he's focused on the 2016 Olympics, Dumoulin is ready to commit himself to his potential to win a grand tour after Tour de France success.

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Focusing on stage wins over GC aspirations pays off for Tom Dumoulin

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The Giant – Alpecin rider pulls out 95km into Wednesday's stage 11 after suffering from saddle sores at the Italian grand tour.

Tom Dumoulin will lose time on purpose, ending his GC ambitions, so that he can chase a stage win in the final week

Giant – Alpecin director Marc Reef has doubts that Tom Dumoulin can win the Giro overall, but the team is equipped to support him in the mountains.

Giro leader Tom Dumoulin opts for classy pink accents on his Giant TCR, which he's been riding all week, wearing the maglia rosa.

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Confident, relaxed Tom Dumoulin finds a chance to bank more GC time, and he takes it, indicating his growing savvy as a stage racer.

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Tom Dumoulin is tempering expectations at the Giro, but it seems likely he'll hold the pink jersey longer than anyone expected.

Tom Dumoulin's stage 1 victory earned him a day in the pink jersey in front of an excited home crowd, and he'll wear it again Sunday too

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Tom Dumoulin won the Giro's stage 1 time trial, and the pink jersey, by the narrowest margin but says he won't fight for GC.

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Marcel Kittel is two good sprints and a bit of math away from the maglia rosa, but Tom Dumoulin will fight to keep his lead.

Dumoulin delivers the win that Giant – Alpecin badly needed and takes the Giro d'Italia's first pink jersey in stage 1.

Tom Dumoulin turns around Giant – Alpecin's winless, star-crossed spring with a victory in the Giro's stage 1 time trial.

Tom Dumoulin is targeting the pink jersey in the Giro d'Italia's opening time trial, and he's looking at the two other TTs as well.

After catching the flu during Paris-Nice, Tom Dumoulin opts out of Milano-Sanremo, hoping to recover for Catalunya.

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The Dutchman says Giant will have a tough time getting top results in 2016 — at least in the early going — because of the crash.

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The Dutchman nearly won the Vuelta a Espana last year, a surprising performance from the time trial specialist.

Tom Dumoulin shocked the GC heavies with a brilliant ride at the Vuelta a Espana, winning him the Surprise of the Year award.

Though he got a late start in cycling, Dumoulin is on his way to stardom after breakthrough ride at the Vuelta and solid TT performances.

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GC contenders Warren Barguil and Tom Dumoulin re-up with Giant-Alpecin for three years as the youngsters find their stride in grand tours.

The Dutch rider says his 2016 season will revolve around the time trial at the Olympics, not competing for GC in a grand tour.

The Dutch rider says he will use Wednesday's time trial at the world championships as a fitness gauge after the Vuelta a Espana.

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The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

Fabio Aru won a Spanish grand tour that was filled with crashes, abandonments, and an ejection.

After losing more than three minutes on the Vuelta's penultimate day, Tom Dumoulin joins a dubious list of infamous grand tour implosions.

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It was one day too long for Tom Dumoulin who tumbled from the overall lead all the way down to sixth-place after imploding in the Sierra.

Ruben Plaza wins stage 20, while Fabio Aru delivers a brilliant attack in Vuelta's final mountain stage to reclaim overall lead for good.

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Alexis Gougeard earns his first grand tour stage victory, while Tom Dumoulin extends his GC lead with fierce acceleration on final hill.

Tom Dumoulin brings a small lead into the final three days of racing in the Spanish grand tour.

The Astana rider remains 3 seconds out of first place at the Spanish grand tour entering Friday's stage 19.

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Lawson Craddock says Tom Dumoulin "was an unknown" in terms of GC riders entering the Spanish grand tour.

Giuseppe Martinelli is hoping race leader Tom Dumoulin falters so Fabio Aru can claim the red jersey.

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Tom Dumoulin finds himself with a chance to win his first-ever grand tour after a brilliant time trial and steady riding in mountains.

Danger lurks in the Vuelta's closing days as Dumoulin clings to a three-second lead and climbers Aru and Rodriguez vow to attack.

Tom Dumoulin takes convincing win in individual time trial, but he's only three seconds ahead on GC with four stages left.

After failing to distance Dumoulin in the mountains, Joaquim Rodriguez needs the time trial of his life to keep the Vuelta lead.

Tom Dumoulin's standout performance in the Vuelta is changing the course of his career as he now may aim for more GC success.

Rodriguez slipped into the Vuelta's leader's jersey in stage 16, but Dumoulin's GC hopes are still alive as Wednesday's time trial looms

Known mostly for his time-trialing prowess, Tom Dumoulin could follow in the Tour-winning footsteps of Bradley Wiggins, says one team boss

Four upcoming stages at the Vuelta a Espana will most likely decide who wins the overall title. Andrew Hood previews the action.

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No one expected Dumoulin to hold red going into the hardest stage of the race in Andorra, but the Dutchman is ready to fight.

Stages 8 and 9 at the Vuelta saw a reshuffling of the GC standings, with crashes and a steep finale leaving their mark.

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