S9 Ep4: Dumoulin hits pause

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The cycling world has been rocked by the decision of one of the sport’s stars, Tom Dumoulin, to hit the pause button on his career.

The Dutchman is taking time out, with the blessing of his team, Jumbo-Visma, to decide whether he wants to continue or not.

The news broke 24 hours after the release of last week’s episode, a special with Jumbo-Visma from their training camp in Spain, including an interview with Dumoulin in which he discussed his goals for 2021.

What led to the decision, and what are the chances of Dumoulin returning? Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss the 2017 Giro d’Italia winner’s decision and share their memories of a rider who is elegant on the bike and charming off it.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cycling Podcast brought to you by IWaka, Flexible Loans,
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0:16.0	I got second one time in 2018 and I'm still the same person and I hope even better.
0:28.0	If you can get second you can also win.
0:30.0	Especially coming here with two nice TTs.
0:36.0	I hope to be in top shape and really to be able to fight it out for the win.
0:41.0	Of course Primos is having that same goal and mindset.
0:46.0	He also has more last two years he's been the best rider of the world.
0:52.0	We definitely have him as a leader going into it but we have me and St. Claisriggas as a shadow leader.
1:02.0	So yeah and then all depends how it goes.
1:06.0	We don't necessarily make a clear plan. We only go for Primos but definitely he's our main guy.
1:14.0	Well that was Tom Demula speaking only last week about his plans for the 2021 season.
1:22.0	Myself and Orla Shenewee, I'm Richard Moore and me and Orla Shenewee were out in Spain at the Ynbo Visma training camp.
1:28.0	And then a few days later a bombshell Tom Demula announced that he is stopping racing taking a break.
1:35.0	I'm with Daniel Freib.
1:37.0	The two things linked Richard, your presence in Spain and Tom Demula announcing two or three days later that he lost the wheel to continue.
1:48.0	That's a great unanswered question which I'm sure will also be asked by Lionel Bernie.
1:54.0	Hello Richard what on earth did you say to him?
1:57.0	I mean that was your first response Lionel.
2:00.0	I mean it must have been directly related to you interviewing him at length in Alacantra.
2:07.0	I've been coming back through it and trying to figure out what it was.
2:12.0	But joking aside I mean this is a huge story Tom Demula on the eve of a season that his team had just announced his schedule for.
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