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<\/a>Tom Dumoulin (photograph taken by denismenchov08 found on Flickr.com)<\/p><\/div>\n
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’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
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\u00a0maglia rosa.<\/em><\/p>\n The following video shows the moment Dumoulin won the Giro d’Italia with Dutch commentators. Some important words to keep an eye on are\u00a0pech\u00a0<\/em>which means bad luck,\u00a0geschiedenis schrijven\u00a0<\/em>which means write history, and\u00a0wordt gek<\/em> meaning is going crazy.<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/jEjhDgZ-6vc<\/p>\n 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 Limburg dialect<\/a> and how the “g” is pronounced a lot softer. You can certainly hear the difference between Dumoulin’s g and that of the reporter.<\/p>\n