Tom Dumoulin (; born 11 November 1990) is a retired Dutch professional

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who last rode for

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. He has won nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic silver medals. Known for his time-trialing ability, Dumoulin excelled in climbing and was viewed by many as a climbing specialist. At the

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, Dumoulin had two stage victories and led the race into its final weekend, before losing four minutes on the penultimate stage and ultimately finished sixth overall. He led the 2016 Giro d'Italia during its opening week and won two stages at the

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. His sole Grand Tour in 2017 was the Giro d'Italia, where he overcame stomach problems and a 53-second deficit entering the final stage to become the first Dutch winner of the race and the first Dutch

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winner since

Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in T ...

in 1980. Later that year, he became the first Dutch male to win the

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at the

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. In 2018, Dumoulin finished second overall at both the Giro d'Italia and the

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. Dumoulin missed the first half of the 2021 season after he took an indefinite break from cycling for personal reasons, ultimately making his return to the sport at the

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in June and winning his fourth

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later that month. The following year, he announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2022 season before retiring early on the 15th of August.

Early life

Dumoulin was born in

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, and grew up in the city near the Maas Boulevard, which used to host the finish of the

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. Originally his ambition was to study medicine and become a doctor, but after not being offered a place at medical school he began a Health Sciences degree. Dumoulin did not enjoy classes and within a year he opted to pursue cycle racing for a year.

Professional career

2010–11

Dumoulin first made an impact in 2010, when he competed at the

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, part of the

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– Dumoulin won the race's opening time trial, despite never having ridden a

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before, and went on to win the race overall. Later that year he won a time trial stage of the

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. He was due to ride for in 2011, however the team disbanded at the end of the 2010 season. He rode for the in 2011.

Project 1t4i (2012–19)

Dumoulin turned professional with the Dutch team in 2012. Although he did not win any races in his first two seasons as a professional, he began to make his mark in major races, especially in time trials. He made his grand tour debut in 2012, riding the

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2014

In June, Dumoulin won the

. In September, he finished in second place at the

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after surging ahead on the last climb but was passed by

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before the finish. Later that month he won bronze in the UCI World Time Trial Championships, placing third behind

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and Tony Martin in

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, Spain.

2015

Dumoulin started the 2015 season by finishing fourth overall at the

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. He took his first success of the season by winning the final

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on the

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. His second victory of the year came at the

, where he won the prologue with a two-second advantage over

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. He also won the closing stage of that race, a time trial he covered at an average speed of . In the

, Dumoulin was one of the favourites to take victory in the opening time trial on home soil in

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, the Netherlands, but ultimately finished fourth. On stage 3, he was involved in a massive, high-speed crash and had to abandon the race. Dumoulin recovered from his injuries to ride the

. On stage 2, he attacked on the final climb to

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and formed a group with

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() and

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(), but was caught and passed by

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(), who won the stage ahead of Dumoulin in second. On stage 5 there was a split in the peloton, and Chaves lost six seconds to Dumoulin, who took the race lead by 1 second. However, Chaves won stage 6 ahead of Dumoulin in third to re-take the leader's red jersey. Stage 9 was another first-category summit finish. There was a series of attacks on the early part of the climb, with many riders dropped from the lead group. Dumoulin eventually took a solo win in the stage, two seconds ahead of

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() and took back the red jersey as Chaves lost significant time. Froome had originally been dropped, but rode at a steady tempo and came close to winning the stage before Dumoulin outsprinted him in the final hundred metres. After Froome crashed out on stage 11, Dumoulin limited his losses on the following mountain stages, as

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() and

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() traded the race lead. On Stage 17, Dumoulin won the individual time trial. He gained 1 minute and 53 seconds on Aru to take the red jersey by three seconds over Aru, with Rodríguez 1 minute and 15 seconds back in third overall after losing over 3 minutes to Dumoulin on the stage. Dumoulin doubled his lead over Aru by gaining three seconds through an attack on stage 19's final cobbled climb, however he lost the race to Aru on stage 20, the Vuelta's last mountain stage, where Aru distanced Dumoulin on the third of the stage's four first-category climbs. Dumoulin lost almost four minutes to Aru and slipped down to sixth place in the general classification. In December, he won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy, the award for the best Dutch cyclist of the year.

2016

He was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia, where he won the opening time trial on home soil in

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, the Netherlands, to take the ''maglia rosa''. On stage 8, Dumoulin lost the race lead after finishing 38th and losing 1 minute and 10 seconds to

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() in a hilly stage with portions of ''strade bianche'' () during the stage. He abandoned the race on stage 11. Dumoulin also rode the

. He won stage 9 after attacking from a breakaway on the lower slopes of Arcalis in Andorra, and riding up the climb solo in torrential rain. Dumoulin also won stage 13, a time trial over hilly terrain in windy conditions, by a margin of over a minute to

in second place. Despite a broken wrist, he won the silver medal in the time trial at the

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, behind

2017: Giro d'Italia victory and World Time Trial Champion

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Dumoulin's team announced in the winter that he would target the Giro d'Italia, held in May. On Stage 9, Dumoulin finished third on the summit finish at Blockhaus, finishing alongside

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(), 24 seconds down on the stage winner and new race leader

(). Dumoulin then won stage 10, a

(ITT) from

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, to take the overall race lead by 2 minutes and 23 seconds over Quintana. Dumoulin won Stage 14, which featured a mountain top finish at

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to extend his lead over Quintana by a further 14 seconds. On Stage 16, Dumoulin experienced stomach problems and had to take a comfort break at the foot of the

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; none of the other contenders waited for Dumoulin and he finished more than two minutes down on stage winner

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(), keeping his race lead by just 31 seconds over Quintana. Dumoulin defended his lead until the stage 19 mountain finish in Piancavallo, where he crossed the line over a minute behind Quintana, the new race leader. Quintana would put fifteen more seconds into Dumoulin the following day on stage 20. However, Dumoulin's performance on stage 21, a individual time trial in which he finished second, took him from fourth to first place in the general classification, becoming the first Dutch male cyclist to win the Giro and the first to win a Grand Tour since

won the 1980 Tour de France. As a result of his victory, he was appointed a Knight of the

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by King

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and Limburgian by Merit. He also received the Honorary Gold Medal of the City of Maastricht. To finish off his successful season, Dumoulin went on to win September's individual time trial at the World Championships in

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, Norway, his first individual world championship victory. He also won the earlier team time trial championships in that event, as part of .

2018

=Giro d'Italia

= Dumoulin entered the Giro d'Italia as the defending champion, and was considered one of the favourites for overall victory, along with

(), who had won the

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and

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and was therefore aiming to hold all

titles simultaneously. Dumoulin won the opening individual time trial in Jerusalem, beating

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() to victory by 2 seconds to take the race leader's Maglia Rosa for the third year in a row. Dennis took the race lead from Dumoulin on Stage 2, after picking up bonus seconds in an intermediate sprint. Dumoulin remained second overall behind Dennis until Stage 6, when Simon Yates () attacked from the group of favourites from the summit of

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to take the race lead ahead of Dumoulin in second. Yates won stage 9 after accelerating away with to go on the summit finish to

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, extending his lead over Dumoulin. Yates claimed his second stage victory on Stage 11, attacking with to go and holding off a pursuit by Dumoulin to win on a hill-top finish in

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to further increase his lead over Dumoulin. On Stage 14, Yates dropped Dumoulin to finish second behind solo winner Froome on

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. With six bonus seconds for finishing second, Yates extended his overall advantage over Dumoulin to 1 minute and 24 seconds, whilst his gap over Froome was 3 minutes 10 seconds. On the following stage, Yates rode away from Dumoulin and the other contenders to take a solo win on stage 15 to

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, after attacking with remaining. This victory saw his lead over Dumoulin increase to 2 minutes and 11 seconds. On Stage 17, a individual time trial from

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, Dumoulin finished third behind Rohan Dennis, and reduced Yates' overall lead to 56 seconds, with Froome lying fourth, another 2 minutes and 56 seconds behind Dumoulin. On stage 18 to

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Yates appeared to crack on the final slopes of the summit finish and lost 28 seconds to Dumoulin and Froome. Stage 19 of the race had been classified as the ' queen stage' of the race, with three focused climbs in the latter half of the stage: the half paved-half gravel climb of the Colle delle Finestre, followed by the climb to

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and the final uphill finish to

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. Yates cracked on the lower slopes of the Finestre, putting Dumoulin in the virtual race lead, before Froome launched a solo attack further up the climb with left of the stage. Froome's advantage grew throughout the second half of the stage, as Dumoulin gave chase in a group also containing

and

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of , Miguel Ángel López of and

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of . Froome eventually took the stage victory by more than three minutes and thereby also taking the overall race lead, 40 seconds ahead of Dumoulin, who was attacked by the other riders on the final climb after having set the pace for much of the chase. In a post-stage interview, Dumoulin stated that there was nothing that he could have done to stop Froome. Dumoulin attacked Froome several times on Stage 20 but was unable to force a gap, and ultimately finished second overall behind Froome.

=Tour de France

Following the Giro, Dumoulin confirmed his participation in the

, targeting a high general classification placing. On Stage 6, Dumoulin suffered a mechanical issue late in the stage in the run in to the finish at Mûr-de-Bretagne, which saw him lose time to the other contenders; he was also penalised 20 seconds for drafting behind his team car in his attempt to limit his time losses. On Stage 11 in the

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, Dumoulin launched an attack on a descent with teammate

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before pressing on alone on the final steep finishing climb to La Rosière. Behind him,

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() attacked from the group of favourites, including his team mate Chris Froome, from the finish and caught Dumoulin before attacking again in the final kilometre to distance Dumoulin, who was soon caught by Froome. Thomas, Dumoulin and Froome all passed lone breakaway rider

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() in sight of the finish line, with Thomas taking the stage win and Dumoulin finishing second, 20 seconds behind. Thomas took the race leader's

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by 1 minute and 24 seconds over Froome, with Dumoulin third overall, 1 minute and 44 seconds behind Thomas. On the following day, Stage 12, Dumoulin again finished second to Thomas, in a sprint finish at

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. Thomas, Dumoulin and Froome arose as the likely contenders for overall victory in Paris. On Stage 17, the first of the three Pyrenean stages, a stage to the summit of the

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, Thomas extended his lead by placing third behind stage winner

of . Froome's challenge faded on the approach to the summit and he dropped to third position in the general classification, 2:31 behind Thomas. Dumoulin moved into second place, 1:59 off the lead. On the mountainous stage nineteen from

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of attacked on the final climb, the

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, and soloed to the finish nineteen seconds ahead of the chasing group of overall favourites. Thomas was able to consolidate his position in the yellow jersey by picking up six bonus seconds in the sprint thereby extending his lead over Dumoulin to 2 minutes, 5 seconds. The penultimate stage was a time trial, Dumoulin won the stage, one second ahead of Froome. Dumoulin finished safely on Stage 21 to secure second place overall behind Thomas, his second successive second place in Grand Tours.

2019

Dumoulin crashed towards the end of Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia and eventually finished the stage four minutes after many other favorites had crossed the line. Dumoulin officially withdrew after only a few kilometers of Stage 5, stating that the pain was too much to continue. Dumoulin also missed the

as a result of his injuries.

Team Jumbo–Visma (2020–22)

In August 2019, it was announced that Dumoulin would join on a three-year contract from the 2020 season onwards. Dumoulin and his team announced he would take an indefinite leave from the sport in January 2021. Dumoulin indicated he needed time to better understand his motivations for cycling and its effects on his personal life. In May it was announced that he intended to return to racing in June at the

to start his preparation for the

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-delayed

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. He took the silver medal in the individual time trial event, for the second consecutive Olympic Games. Dumoulin finished his 2021 season early after he was hit by a motorist during training. He went into the 2022 Giro d'Italia with hopes of finding the form he had ridden with in previous years. Unfortunately things did not go his way, as he did not have much luck in the first two weeks and ended up abandoning ahead of the final rest day. On stage 7 however, Dumoulin featured as part of the day's breakaway along with his teammate

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. He had attacked out of the peloton to join the second breakaway attempt of the day, which would stay away to fight for the stage win. While both Dumoulin and Bouwman were dropped from the group at different times they were each able to fight their way back to the front. As the end of the stage neared Dumoulin rode hard to set Bouwman up for the stage win, celebrating his teammate's victory as he crossed the line in

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. Several weeks later, Dumoulin posted a statement to his

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account, announcing that he would retire at the end of the 2022 season.

Major results

;2010 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 ( ITT) : 1st Stage 8 ( ITT)

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, ...

: 7th

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2011 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 3rd Overall

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ...

: 3rd Overall

Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...

: 8th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 8th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...

;2012 : 5th Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

: 5th

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still run ...

: 6th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

: 10th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 10th Overall

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ...

;2013 : 1st Jersey green

Mountains classification,

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd

: 2nd Overall

Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...

: 5th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Betw ...

::1st

Young rider classification : 6th Overall

Three Days of De Panne 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * ''Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 n ...

: 6th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

;2014 : 1st MaillotHolanda

, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 ( ITT)

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st

Young rider classification : 2nd Overall

Tour of Alberta The ATB Tour of Alberta was a Canadian bicycle stage race, which raced across the province of Alberta. It was sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and was part of the UCI America Tour. It was classified as a 2.1 race, making it one ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Prologue : 2nd

: 3rd

: 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 ( ITT) : 5th Overall

: 6th

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was held on September 12, 2010 as the final event in the 2010 UCI ProTour. The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ...

;2015 : 1st Stage 6 ( ITT)

: 3rd Overall

::1st Stages 1 ( ITT) & 9 ( ITT) : 4th

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

: 5th

: 6th Overall

::1st Stages 9 & 17 ( ITT) ::Held Jersey red

after Stages 5, 9–10 & 17–19 ::Held Jersey white

after Stages 9–14 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 17, 21 & Overall :

::Held

after Stage 2 ;2016 : 1st MaillotHolanda

, National Road Championships :

::1st Stages 9 & 13 ( ITT) :: Jersey red number

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider. References {{cycling-stub Cycling jerseys ...

Stage 9 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 1–2, 4–7 ::Held Jersey red

after Stage 1 : 2nd Silver medal olympic

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

: 4th Overall

Tour of Oman The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled d ...

: 5th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

: 9th Overall

;2017 :

::1st

::1st

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

: 1st

, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 10 ( ITT) & 14 ::Held Jersey blue

after Stages 14–15 : 1st Jersey green

Overall

BinckBank Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the ori ...

: 3rd

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...

: 3rd Overall

Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 and 2018. In 2019 The Abu Dhabi Tour merged with the Dubai Tour to become the UAE Tour. History When inaugurated, it was p ...

: 4th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

: 5th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name ''Strade Bianche'' (Italian for ''White Roads'') st ...

: 6th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

;2018 :

::2nd

::2nd

::4th Road race : 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) ::Held Jersey pink

after Stage 1 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 20 ( ITT) : 4th Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved to ...

: 10th

;2019 : 4th Overall

: 6th Overall

UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. ...

;2020 : 7th Overall

: 7th Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

: 10th

;2021 : 1st MaillotHolanda

, National Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal olympic

: 9th Overall Benelux Tour ;2022 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 6th

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. P ...

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Classics results timeline

Major championship results timeline

References

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