Tom Dumoulin posed with the curling Infinito Giro d'Italia winner's trophy along with Vincenzo Nibali, Fabio Aru and Alberto Contador after the presentation of the 2018 race route in Milan on Wednesday but he refused to reveal his Grand Tour goals for next season or confirm that he will be back at the Corsa Rosa next May to defend his 2017 victory.
"I know it already but I'm not going to tell you," he said teasingly before explaining why.
"We have the team presentation on the fifth of January and we will announce our programmes then. We've pretty much made the decision but it also gives us the opportunity to have another month of puzzling and overlooking. We have now seen the whole Giro parcours. We'll have a review and then announce it in January."
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Dumoulin admitted the course of the 101st edition of the Giro was tempting because of the 44.2 kilometres of time trials. However, just as with the Tour de France route, Dumoulin wanted more.
"Any course in Italy is tempting for me; I love the country, so it's really hard to say no to the Giro," Dumoulin said, carefully picking his words out of respect for the race, but also careful to avoid revealing his eventual decision.
"The course is nice, it's a good mix of everything but it's not perfect for me. I would have liked more time trial kilometres but I can understand the race organiser, they want to have an exciting race where anybody can win.
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