Tom Dumoulin wins men's Dutch time trial title

Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) continued his comeback with a record-equalling fourth Dutch time trial title as he swept the competition away on Wednesday.

The former Giro d’Italia champion returned to action after a five-month career hiatus at the recent Tour de Suisse, and the Dutch Championships was a crucial step on his path to the Olympic Games later this summer.

Cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Dutch time trial championship returned in Essen for two laps of a 14.8km circuit. Unusually for the Netherlands, it wasn’t flat, with an early 400-metre climb of the ‘Wall of Emmen’ – a 7.4 per cent incline up a rubbish heap, similar to the VAM berg that’ll be used for Sunday’s road race. From there, it was big ring territory, but there were still no fewer than ten 90-degree bends to negotiate.

Bouwman rounded out the podium while Ide Schelling continued his strong season ahead of his Tour de France debut just a few seconds back. Langeveld’s teammate Julius van den Berg made it a WorldTour top five, followed in sixth by Elmar Reinders, who rides for Continental outfit Riwal. Just behind him was an amateur rider in 27-year-old Marien Bogerd, one of only eight riders to finish within two minutes of Dumoulin.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tom Dumoulin (Ned)	0:36:06
2	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)	0:00:27
3	Koen Bouwman (Ned)	0:01:24
4	Ide Schelling (Ned)	0:01:30
5	Julius Van den Berg (Ned)	0:01:33
6	Elmar Reinders (Ned)	0:01:34
7	Marien Bogerd (Ned)	0:01:55
8	Bart Lemmen (Ned)	0:01:57
9	Danny Van der Tuuk (Ned)	0:02:15
10	Nils Sinschek (Ned)
11	Jarno Mobach (Ned)	0:02:16
12	Brian Megens (Ned)	0:02:19
13	Robin Lowik (Ned)	0:02:30
14	Thymen Arensman (Ned)	0:02:38
15	Stijn Appel (Ned)	0:02:51
16	Jasper De Laat (Ned)	0:03:01
17	Glenn Edelenbos (Ned)	0:03:12
18	Bart Vreugdenhil (Ned)	0:03:15
19	Lars Quaedvlieg (Ned)	0:03:34
20	Jarri Stravers (Ned)	0:03:42
21	Remco Grasman (Ned)	0:03:43
22	Jurjun Van der Velde (Ned)	0:03:53
23	Nils Wolffenbuttel (Ned)	0:03:54
24	Cris Zwanenburg (Ned)	0:03:58
25	Rik Wielink (Ned)	0:04:13
26	Aron De Jong (Ned)	0:04:24
27	Arne Jacobs (Ned)	0:04:29
28	Jelmer Benjamins (Ned)	0:04:32
29	Rient Heerink (Ned)	0:04:43
30	Sjors Handgraaf (Ned)	0:04:53
31	Oscar Van Wijk (Ned)
32	Gert Mulderij (Ned)
33	Daniel Abraham Gebru (Ned)	0:04:58
34	Tijs Dekker (Ned)	0:05:03
35	Gerwin Coljé (Ned)	0:05:07
36	Pieter Verhoeven (Ned)
37	Wieger Van der Wier (Ned)	0:05:11
38	Bram Dissel (Ned)	0:05:13
39	Maarten Vierhout (Ned)	0:05:15
40	Rien Schuurhuis (Ned)	0:05:16
41	Douwe Doorduin (Ned)	0:05:31
42	Robert Braam (Ned)	0:05:43
43	Martin Van de Pol (Ned)	0:05:44
44	Tim Arts (Ned)	0:05:49
45	Joeri Van der Tuin (Ned)	0:06:09
46	Gerben Oldenkamp (Ned)	0:07:35
DNF	Wout Van Elzakker (Ned)
DNF	Thijs De Lange (Ned)

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