Dumoulin expecting to be at full strength in Olympic time trial
Broken-wristed Dutchman ready to ride through t꧃he pain and cope with diminished bike handling
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin knows he will be riding through the pain barrier at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games time trial in Rio next Wednesday but he expects to be fit enough to deliver the kind of performance he'd have expected before he broke his wrist at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.
The Dutchman won the undulating stage 13 time trial at the Tour last month and immediately appointed himself the favourite for the hilly course in Rio, only to see his major objective of the year jeopardised when he 168澳洲5最新开🍸奖结果:fracture💞d his radius bone in a crash on stage 19.
He was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:back on the bike just four days after exiting the Tour and flew to Rio at the weekend, where he haღs been training on the time trial course.
“The expectation is that I will be fit in time. I've also heard that I can't do any more damage. It still needs to improve, but I am able to train," Dumoulin, who was fitted with a special plastic splint in Holland last week, told the Dutch TV station NOS.
With his legs clearly in great shape after time trial and ꦍroad stage wins at the Tour de France, it is only 🐎his bike handling that represents the major hurdle.
"I have a full week get control of my steering. I♈t will hurt, but I am able to suppress the pain," said the 25-year🌄-old.
"It's a good course for me, but there is a very steep 🎉climb and a steep descent🌳 – that will be rather tricky with the wrist. It puts a strain on the muscles in my forearm, which have to compensate. But the expectation is that it will work out.”
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Given the precarious situation he finds himself in, it may come as a surprise that Dumoulin is still pl𒉰anning 🐽to ride the road race this coming Sunday.
The last time he was in a bunch he crashed and broke the wrist, and now he plans to 𒀰return to the peloton with his handling severely hampered, just three days ahead of the race he's been working towards since the winte🍰r.
"The time trial is the important one, but if I have good legs, I want to participate in the road race," said Dumoulin, who will compete alongside Wout Poels, Steven Kruijswijk, and Bauke Mollema on Sunday.
