There are engines that never stop running. Tom Dumoulin, the winner of the 2017 Giro d’Italia and retired from professional cycling since late 2022, has shown that he still possesses extraordinary physical conditioning, even though he has now swapped the bicycle for running shoes. The Dutchman completed today the New York City Marathon in an impressive time of 2:27:12, running at an average pace of 3:29 per kilometer.
Dumoulin, who wore bib number 19379, faced his second marathon on the streets of New York. His debut had been at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2025, where he already surprised with a magnificent 2:29:21. On this occasion he went even faster, shaving his personal record by 2 minutes and 9 seconds, and confirming that his transition to popular athletics is taking him very seriously. And more so considering the favorable profile of the 42.195 km race in the Dutch capital and the number of hills he faced today on the streets of the Big Apple.
The former cyclist from Maastricht, who also was the world champion in time trial in 2017 and an Olympic medalist in Tokyo 2020, has found in running a new way to keep his passion for endurance sport alive after bringing the professional cycling career to an end.
His victory in the 2017 Giro d’Italia, ahead of Nairo Quintana and Vincenzo Nibali, remains the greatest achievement of his sporting career. He was also second in the 2018 Tour de France and in the 2018 Giro, in addition to winning the World Time Trial Championship.
Now, four years after his retirement, Dumoulin once again astonishes with a result that is within reach of very few recreational runners. Running a marathon in 2:27:12 means maintaining over the 42.195 kilometers a pace that many professional cyclists would hardly be able to sustain. The Giro winner’s engine is still running at full capacity!
