Dumoulin won the 100th Giro d'Italia, Nairo Quintana ended up second, and Vincenzo Nibali took third.
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) won the 100th edition of cycling's Giro d'Italia on Sunday in Milan, clinching victory in the three-week race on the last day.
Climbing specialist Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) had led the Giro going into the last day but lost out to the TT specialist Dumoulin.
Quintana ended up finishing the Giro second overall and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) took third.
Jos Van Emden (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo) won stage 21.
It is Dumoulin's first grand tour win.
It was tight at the top of the general classification going into Sunday as the four highest-placed riders were separated by just 53 seconds.
Speaking after the stage finish, Dumoulin said:
"It's really crazy. I've won the Giro! It was such a nerve wrecking day. I needed to stay calm and I almost couldn't. Luckily I had good legs and I just went for it. I didn't want to know the time splits. My sport director was only supposed to tell me when to stop taking risks and he did it at half way already. When I crossed the line he told me I had won but when I looked at the TV screen I saw I only had three seconds lead and I panicked a bit. I was angry but eventually I pulled it off and I'm super happy."
Here's the moment Dumoulin realized he'd won #Giro100.
More to come.
Dumoulin won the 100th Giro d'Italia, Nairo Quintana ended up second, and Vincenzo Nibali took third. Read Full Story
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