Tom Dumoulin waives the right to play in this year the championship of the netherlands of cycling, which will take place on the 23rd of August. The rider Jumbo-visman from wants to focus fully on the Tour de France, which starts six days later in Nice.

"I already have a very full agenda before the Tour de France with altitude training, and then racing and even altitude training," said Dumoulin. "It is not possible to return to the national championship. I am going to stay in France between the Dauphiné and the Tour ".