The intestinal parasites attack Tom Dumoulin

The leader of the Jumbo-Visma, which has not competed since the Criterium Dauphin, has thus altered its start to the season.

An intestinal parasite, which has not yet been identified, disrupts the start of the season of Tom Dumoulin, who will not be able to dispute the Volta to the Valencian Community, the test that had marked the beginning of his calendar.

“Last week we found parsitos in my gut and I started to medicate. Now I feel much better and both the weekend and today I trained well,” announced the winner of the 2017 Giro, which a few days ago I gave up Tirreno- Adriatico and the Milan-San Remo.

You have to go back to June 15, at the Critrium du Dauphin, to record the last day of the Dutch competition. A few weeks before he had suffered a hard one every fourth stage of the Giro, where the left knee is given.

Mononucleosis ruled out

The Jumbo-Visma team has not offered more details about the illness of its leader, 29 years old, who these days completed his preparation in Valencia. So far, the Dutch group has only ruled out a case of mononucleosis, the virus that in the past attacked runners like Esteban Chaves, Mark Cavendish or Beat Intxausti.

Chris Froome also suffered for four years a severe case of schistosomiasis that diminished his performance. Likewise, Romain Feillu and Igor Astarloa had to overcome their problems with toxoplasmosis.