Tom Dumoulin was forced to stop and wait near the finish line of the time trial to hear if he had taken the race leader's pink jersey from Adam Yates (Micthelton-Scott). He stood in silence as the seconds counted down but clearly knew he had not done enough to dislodge Yates and give himself a real chance of overall victory at the Giro d'Italia. When it was confirmed that Yates was still race leader, Dumoulin set off for the Team Sunweb finish vehicle to warm down. However, he was still fired up and vented his anger against the scrum of television cameras and tifosi after someone touched his back wheel and almost caused him to crash. He had calmed down as he warmed down on the rollers at his team vehicle, speaking in Dutch and then English. He was satisfied with his ride but admitted it was not enough when told that he gained 1:15 on Yates but that he remains 56 down on the maglia rosa.ADVERTISEMENT "I was hoping for more, of course. I did a solid TT but definitely not one of my best," he said. "I think Yates had a really good day again. He's just in absolute wonderful shape and there's nothing to do about it for me." Dumoulin was hoping for a headwind so that he could use his power to gain more time on Yates. However, the rain showers meant the local Ora wind failed to rise in the afternoon. "It was a fair TT, I think everyone had the same conditions and I think that's the most important thing," Dumoulin said sportingly.
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