Home victory for Dutchman Dumoulin in Giro opener


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 07 May 2016

The Netherlands' Tom Dumoulin of Giant-Alpecin team rides during the 16th stage of the Vuelta Tour of Spain cycling race from Luarca to Ermita del Alba, northern Spain, September 7, 2015. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutchman Tom Dumoulin will wear the leader's pink jersey after scoring a home victory in the first stage of the Giro d'Italia at Apeldoorn on Friday.

The Giant-Alpecin rider was closely followed by LottoNL–Jumbo's Primoz Roglic of Slovenia.

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