Tom Dumoulin is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. He has won the Giro d'Italia and nine stages across the three Grand Tours, five medals in three different World Championships and two Olympic silver medals.
Dumoulin at the 2013 Tour de France
Dumoulin wearing the maglia rosa of general classification leader, at the 2016 Giro d'Italia
Dumoulin wearing the maglia rosa of general classification leader, at the 2017 Giro d'Italia
The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,529 km (2,193 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, with the second and third places were taken by Romain Bardet and Nairo Quintana, respectively.
Defending champion Chris Froome of Team Sky (pictured at the 2015 Tour) was widely seen as the leading contender for the general classification.
Stage seventeen concluded with a summit finish at the Émosson Dam in the Swiss Alps.
The peloton passing through the town of Panazol on the fourth stage, which ended with a bunch sprint won by Marcel Kittel of Etixx–Quick-Step
Chris Froome (yellow jersey) and Peter Sagan (green jersey), along with one teammate each, formed a breakaway in the final kilometers of stage eleven, with Sagan victorious and Froome gaining time on his rivals.