Cycling-Dumoulin to have surgery after being hit by car


  • Cycling
  • Friday, 10 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 20 - Lure to La Planche des Belles Filles - France - September 19, 2020. Team Jumbo-Visma rider Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands finishes. Pool via REUTERS/Marco Bertorello/File Photo

(Reuters) - Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin will miss the rest of the season including this month's world road championships after being struck by a car during training.

Dumoulin, a former road time trial world champion and silver medallist in this year's Tokyo Olympics, suffered a broken bone in his right wrist in the incident and was due to undergo surgery on Friday.

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