Tom Dumoulin on stage ten of the 2015 Tour of Spain
There have been numerous foregone conclusions in awards ceremonies over the years: Titanic winning an Oscar in 1998, Wiggo winning Sports Personality of the Year in 2012 and Barack Obama winning Time Magazine's Person of the Year award in 2008, to name but three
The 2015 Dutch cycling awards saw such a result last night as Tom Dumoulin ran away with the Gerrit Schulte Trophy, awarded to the best cyclist of the year, after a standout season.
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Lapierre to return to the WordTour with Picnic PostNLFrench bike brand to return to cycling’s top level with Dutch WordTour team after 22 year long partnership with Groupama-FDJ ended in 2023
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‘It was awful, I hated cycling so much’ - Tom Dumoulin reveals his struggles on and off the bikeDutch Giro d’Italia winner says that for the first time in life he can ‘fill in everything’ himself after retirement from professional cycling
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Tom Dumoulin confident altitude training in Tenerife will help Giro d'Italia ambitions: 'I will do the necessary work'The Dutchman has performed inconsistently in 2022, but still has his sights set on GC victory next month
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Leo Hayter leaves DSM Development Team early to join Hagens Berman AxeonBritish U23 time trial champion moves to American development squad after split opinion over future
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Cees Bol: Negative comments from unamed DSM riders 'difficult to read'Dutch sprinter says that it is difficult to read criticisms of the team
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Romain Bardet says leaving DSM riders' comments 'not easy to understand' after 'Soviet regime' remarksMultiple riders have broken their contracts over the years with an unnamed rider calling it a "Soviet regime"
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Tom Dumoulin doesn't rule out Grand Tour return in 2022Dutchman will decide on his season at the Jumbo-Visma training camp in mid-December
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Tom Dumoulin runs rapid 10k in hometown of MaastrichtThe former Giro d'Italia winner finished second in the event where he averaged 18.3km/h
