(Reuters) – Dutch bike owner Tom Dumoulin will retire from skilled biking after the 2022 season, the former Giro d’ Italia champion introduced on Friday.
Dumoulin, who presently races for Team Jumbo-Visma, received the Giro in 2017 whereas additionally claiming time trial silver medals at the Olympics in 2016 and 2020.
The 31-year-old, who completed second in the 2018 Tour de France, mentioned he has had a irritating yr after affected by “fatigue, aches and accidents”.
“For some time now there was a disbalance between my 100% dedication, every thing I do and sacrifice for my sport and what I subsequently get out of it in return,” he wrote in an Instagram publish.
“With quite a bit of endurance and a really cautious (coaching) method, I’m satisfied that I might get again to my full potential on the bike.
“But that might be a protracted and affected person highway with no assure of success. I select not to take that highway, however to stop my energetic biking as an alternative and to take a brand new and unknown path.”
Dumoulin mentioned September’s UCI Road World Championship in Australia might be his final time trial.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
