Dumoulin tempted by route with fewer summit finishes
After his breakthrough performance at this year's Vuelta a Espana, there is much excitement surrounding Tom Dumoulin's Grand Tour credentials for next year, and much interest in which of the three he decides to target. It may well be the biggest one of them all, as the Dutchman liked what he saw of the route for the 2016 Tour de France, which was unveiled in Paris on Tuesday.
"At first glance it seems like a good course for me, partly because of the limited number of uphill finishes," said Dumoulin, speaking to Dutch broadcaster ANP.
"The route looks promising and diverse, and it will be an exciting Tour right to the end. In short, it is an interesting course for me."
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The Giro d'Italia, however, also boasts attractions for the 24-year-old with its three time trials and its gran partenza in the Netherlands. He could pull on the pink jersey on home soil after the opening 9.8km time trial in Apeldoorn, while the rolling 40km chrono in the Chianti vineyards is an ideal opportunity to put time into other general classification contenders.
"Rolling is always good for me, twisty-turny, rolly …that's how I like it," the Dutchman said in the wake of the 2016 Giro presentation earlier this month. But that could also apply to the Tour's 37km stage 13 time trial, which features uphill sections and plenty of bends. Dumoulin is set to study the routes in detail over the coming weeks before making a decision and drawing up a training and race schedule.
"My racing schedule for next season has not been made, and we will work with the team management in the next few weeks to decide on the details, to determine which races suit me the best," he added.
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