{"id":4996,"date":"2017-05-31T18:04:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2017-05-31T18:04:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:04:08","slug":"dutch-cyclists-and-tom-dumoulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dutch-cyclists-and-tom-dumoulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Cyclists and Tom Dumoulin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who has visited the Netherlands knows that the Dutch are the masters of cycling. Regardless of the weather, the Dutch can cycle, hold their umbrella, drink a smoothie and share this on Snapchat all at the same time. During this year&#8217;s Giro d&#8217;Italia, Tom Dumoulin proved just how good Dutch cyclists are.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4999\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/rgfN7D\" aria-label=\"16581553337 3b754b6a82 Z 350x288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4999\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4999\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"288\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z-350x288.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z-350x288.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Dumoulin (photograph taken by denismenchov08 found on Flickr.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tom Dumoulin was born in Maastricht and grew up watching the famous Amstel Gold Race his whole life. Professionally, he has been on the cycling radar since 2010. During the 2016 Giro d&#8217;Italia, Dumoulin started well but quickly fell behind in the ranks and he did not finish. This year, however, he gave a spectacular performance.<\/p>\n<p>Dumoulin started the race strong but lost time during the race after making an emergency stop for the bathroom. Fortunately, he was able to make up the lost time in the following stages and, in the end, brought to the Netherlands the famous\u00a0<em>maglia rosa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following video shows the moment Dumoulin won the Giro d&#8217;Italia with Dutch commentators. Some important words to keep an eye on are\u00a0<em>pech\u00a0<\/em>which means bad luck,\u00a0<em>geschiedenis schrijven\u00a0<\/em>which means write history, and\u00a0<em>wordt gek<\/em> meaning is going crazy.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/jEjhDgZ-6vc<\/p>\n<p>Right after the race, a reporter from RTL interviewed Dumoulin. The video has subtitles and it is interesting to notice how Dumoulin speaks. On a previous post, I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/learning-limburg-dialect\/\">Limburg dialect<\/a> and how the &#8220;g&#8221; is pronounced a lot softer. You can certainly hear the difference between Dumoulin&#8217;s g and that of the reporter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"De toekomst van Tom Dumoulin? \u2018Eerst een grote bak bier&#039; - RTL NIEUWS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FBEhUISRooE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.limburger.nl\/cnt\/dmf20170529_00041148\/maastricht-gaat-dumoulin-woensdag-groots-huldigen\">Maastricht has been celebrating Dumoulin&#8217;s victory<\/a> in many ways. There is a big pink frame you can take a photograph with, many bakeries and restaurants are offering pink Dumoulin treats and his house was decorated with pink balloons and garlands. The celebration has good reasons. This is the first time a Dutch cyclist wins the Giro d&#8217;Italia and his name now joins the two greatest professional cyclists, Jan Janssen and Joop Zoetemelk.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Useful Vocabulary<\/h3>\n<p><em>de pech-\u00a0<\/em>bad luck<br \/>\n<em>gek-\u00a0<\/em>crazy<br \/>\n<em>worden-\u00a0<\/em>to become<br \/>\n<em>de geschiedenis-\u00a0<\/em>history<br \/>\n<em>ongelofelijk-\u00a0<\/em>unbelievable<br \/>\n<em>de grootheden- <\/em>the great ones\u00a0<em><br \/>\nwielerhistorie-\u00a0<\/em>cycling history<br \/>\n<em>nuchtere kerel- down to earth guy\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>redelijk-\u00a0<\/em>reasonable<br \/>\n<em>beschrijven-\u00a0<\/em>to describe<br \/>\n<em>vrolijk vogeltje-\u00a0<\/em>happy bird, happy person<br \/>\n<em>de hartslag-\u00a0<\/em>heartbeat<br \/>\n<em>het\u00a0trucje-\u00a0<\/em>trick<br \/>\n<em>berekenen- <\/em>to calculate<br \/>\n<em>veranderen-\u00a0<\/em>to change<br \/>\n<em>verleden-\u00a0<\/em>past, previous<br \/>\n<em>de toekomst-\u00a0<\/em>future<br \/>\n<em>grote bak bier-\u00a0<\/em>big case of beer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z-350x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z-350x288.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/05\/16581553337_3b754b6a82_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Anyone who has visited the Netherlands knows that the Dutch are the masters of cycling. Regardless of the weather, the Dutch can cycle, hold their umbrella, drink a smoothie and share this on Snapchat all at the same time. During this year&#8217;s Giro d&#8217;Italia, Tom Dumoulin proved just how good Dutch cyclists are. 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