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Oof.....no bad legs so far

tom is flying !

Hope Quintana's chain snaps

2 seconds down on Van Emden at the first checkpoint. Fast.

Saying Pinot already 26s down on Dumoulin. He's done for the win then.

Kom op Tom!

Kom op Tom!

(I thought saying it twice would help)

Oooof that is big. Reports that Dumoulin averaged 60 kph to the first split.

Tom has the hammer down now.

only made ca half of the time to Nibali so far; if he's trying to get the seconds to put them under pressure and then cling on he'd better have the keys to his suitcase of courage handy!

ignore that, he's virtually ahead of Nibbles, and has gained 31 (out of 53 needed) vs Quintana

looks like you found your suitcase of maths first 😉

I'd guess he'd ride his own race rather than mess about with pacing to worry rivals. Time at second checkpoint seems to suggest a fairly even effort.

Shame it's looking like Pinot will be the one to miss out on the podium.

this is too close!

I had 39s in my head but that's Quintana's lead over Nibali

Nibali was only 14s ahead of Tom

It's a superb way to finish from our point of view. They might not agree...

Jungels takes white then

this is too close...... 9s currently TD vs NQ

9 secs in it

Nail biter!

2s!

**** me someone just came to the door! GO AWAY!!!

2secd the other way now?

Edit: Too slow.

I do love a ITT as the final stage of a grand tour. It's not just good for the last day but makes the lead up days in the mountains more meaningful. Can the climber put enough into the tester to be safe, can the allrounder not loose too much in either. Just great at putting riders of different shapes and styles head to head.

Dumoulin virtual lead by 7 according to GPS, which isn't accurate

COME ON TOM!!!!

stay on your bike tom

A minute down on second split. Dumoulin virtua pink! Come on!!!!

Looks like Quintana is cramping up the back of his left leg. Ouch.

Edit 52km/h average!!

Euro sport has Niro 1 month and 0 sec behind!

34:15 needed by NQ

Ha, brilliant ride by Tom.

Good lad.

Is that real maths 😉

Nibbles is ragged

Yeah sort ya hair out!

Can't see Quintana making up the time in the 3rd split. Needs to be 1.08 or more back on Van Emden for Dumoulin to win I think.

He's losing time.

Good solid ride from Nibz, nice to see him bury himself.

justice!

Fabulous, top man Tom.

Got to say he's the best "all rounder"

Fabulous.

wow! great stuff.

So well deserved!

blimey

Dumoulin was shitting himself till he saw 60 seconds at the 1k mark.

Superb stuff. Well deserved. My nerves are shot! 🙂

Best Grand Tour for years, justice for Doumilan! Wow.

Italian organisation!! even at the end those splits / target times were wrong, he won by 30-odd seconds in the end!

Dumoulin was shitting himself till he saw 60 seconds at the 1k mark

Not for the first time in this race.

fantastic bike racing

Must admit, I didn't really fancy the idea of a last day TT but it turned out to be great viewing. I guess there'd always be riders ragging it for places, even if the leader was out of range all along

Fantastic finish. Gutted for Yates and Pinot, but a well deserved win for Tom

Laurens Ten Damme just casually dropping the f-bomb there 😀

Fantastic race this year. Deserved winner.

Hmmm.

I wonder just how much Dutch Beer will be drunk tonight.

Gotta love Tem Dams attitude, another super cool Dutchman.

Steve Cummings barely containing his excitement there.

Well deserved winner - so glad Quintana or Nibali didn`t get it.

Was surprised to hear he has signed up till 2021 with Team Sunweb - I thought he would have made a superb addition for Team Sky; a super domestique for Froomey ... and a natural successor too.

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1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 90hrs 34mins 54secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +31secs
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +40secs
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +1min 17secs
5. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +1min 56secs
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +3mins 11secs
7. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +3mins 41secs
8. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +7mins 04secs
9. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +8mins 10secs
10. Davide Formolo (Ita/Cannondale) +15mins 17secs

I thought he would have made a superb addition for Team Sky; a super domestique for Froomey

Is that something to aspire to? I see no reason why he can't beat Froome. Though I do wonder if Sunweb have jumped in with the first offer before he won, and got inundated with offers for more money elsewhere...

Would he have won if Sky were challenging for GC in the last week ? As for Tom vs Froome, Froome is not so vulnerable in TT as Niro and Nibbles (and has the stronger team)

Well done Tom , a worthy champion .

Brilliant that Tom won it! Super consistent and far classier than the other two.

a GT the domain of the all-rounder again! hurrah!
imagine if G/Landa hadn't been taken out. could have been even more exciting!

Goddammit, Eurosport have punted the highlights to 10pm, is there anywhere to watch them online?

(apologies, I'm sure this came up earlier but I'm not going through 25 pages!)

thats a wrap

Was surprised to hear he has signed up till 2021 with Team Sunweb - I thought he would have made a superb

Inrng, who usually knows his sh1t, says there's an extended contract on the table but TD hasn't signed it yet. He be mad to before a GT, but it'd be cool if he did as it would be nice to see an upstart team grow alongside a GC contender like Orica with Chavez and the Yates brothers seem to be.

Great day for Dutch cycling - stage and overall at Giro, Vos also won today and CX star Matthew VDP came second to Shurter in MTB XC world cup.

13fm - look on steephill.tv. They usually have something you can watch.

Thanks Stevious, I found Cycling Weekly's 5 minute round up, probably enough since I knew the result anyway!

Great result for Tom. I would like to see Landa given a good CG opportunity before long.

[url= http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/an-post-ras-2017/stage-8/results/ ]Gullen wins An Post Ras[/url]

Wonder how he'd have faired in today's TT....

Woop! Woop!

Massive thanks to Klunk for the summaries/previews. Top work, really top work.

So pleased for Tom D, seems to be a decent racer, a believable racer. Good for him!

Wonder how he'd have faired in today's TT....

Beat Van Emden and Jungles at the worlds last year. Though as last day of a 3 week GT he'd probably not have gone as well.

Nice write up on cyclingnews...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dumoulin-i-never-expected-to-win-the-giro-ditalia/

Dumoulin, however, had other priorities on Sunday evening, as shadows began to lengthen over Piazza Duomo. "Next up is beer, barbecue. That's my future," Dumoulin said. "Beyond that, I'm not thinking."

Be some party!

Be some party!

A bunch of cyclists at the end of a 3 week tour. It'll last til about 10pm, they'll all have about 2 pints then everyone will be completely flaked out!

Good win though, I'm pleased he got it. A bit different to the usual procession of the same half dozen names. I wonder how G would have got on were it not for that big crash...?

The Greatest Show on Earth, how things used to be, 1974 Giro

Is simon yates doing le tour?

a_a, yes, and I think both Yates' are down for the vuelta (though that's a way away)

Sunweb go all soppy 🙂

love the vintage vids ^^^ especially the bit where the rider is bending his forks back into shape after a crash 🙂