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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giant-Alpecin) appointed himself as the favourite for the gold medal in the time trial in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games in Rio next month after taking a resounding victory in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France stage 13 time trial on Friday.

The Dutchman, who had taken a debut Tour stage win in the mountains less than a week ago, powered roundꦜ the blustery and hilly 37.5ꦰkm course in the Ardèche department to claim stage honours by over a minute from Chris Froome in second place.

The course began with a seven-kilometre climb and ended with a 3km drag, and Dumoulin, who is stronger going uphill than other rouleurs, hopes the Rio course – where climbs are shorter but steeper – will play similarly into his hands. When asked if he was now the favourite♍ for Olympic gold, there was little hesitation from the 25-year-old, who has won time trials in each of the last three Grand Tours.

"I think I am – I cannot ꦚdeny that after today," he said in his post-⛦stage press conference in La Caverde du Pont d'Arc.

He did, however, explain that it wasn't as straightforward as simply turning up in Brazil to collect his golไd medal.

"I know that doing a TT after 12 days in the Tour de France against a lot of guys who are suffering every day – I'm not suffering ev♈ery day – is very different to shining in a one-day event," he said.

"There are still almost four weeks until the Rio, and a lot can happen shape-wise in that time. It's up to me to maint🍎ain my exceptional shape, and that means I won't go full gas every day [for the rest of the Tour] – I'll keep picking my days and hopefully it will pay off in Rio, again."

The time trial stage was overshadowed by events the previous night in Nice, where a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:terror attack saw 84 people killed by a lorry driver ploughing into people along the Promenade des Anglais &꧟ndash; w꧂hich itself hosted a team time trial stage three years ago.

The stage went ahead – "We shouldn't give in to the pressure of the people who would like us𒊎 to change our lifestyle," said Christian Prudhomme – but Dumoulin admitted he had been rattled.

"My focus got a little bit…I went a bit out of focus this morning," said the Giant-Alpecin rider. "That's normal I guess when you hear about these terrible things happening just a few hundred kilom🉐etres away from you. Just two hours before 🅷the start I thought ‘OK, we're racing anyway, I'm just going for it'.

"I went for it and it was a very, very good TT, but to win with more than a minute on Froome and anyone else was s📖omething I didn't expect. It gives me a lot of confidence."

The wind, which played its part on stage 11 and forced the shortening of the Mont Ventoux summit finish yesterday, chose not to relent and made conditions difficult – dangerous, even – for the riders on the time trial. It wasn't just the featherwe🌼ight climbers getting blown around the road but heavier rouleurs like Dumoulin himself.

"It was quite dangerous – I followed [teammate] John Degenkolb in the car behind and I knew there was a moment in the race that was very dangerous," he said. "I also had some troubles ther🌺e – I went from the right-hand side of the road completely to the left, but could hold it.

"Aside from that moment, it was windy and dangerous all the time. On the very fastඣ descent I heard it was 110km in the car's meter."

Dumoulin ✃explained how he used normal spokes instead of tri-spo♊kes on the front wheel to make himself more stable on the bike and was rewarded with a time that he soon knew wouldn't be bettered.

"When I saw Froome's first intermediate time, which was already slower than mine, I knew it would be very difficult for h🐽im to be faster than me. My second part was also ver🐬y good so I was quite confident quite early."

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