Dumoulin on top of world

TOM Dumoulin, of the Netherlands, claim a maiden individual time trial title yesterday at the road world championships, crowning a superb season after winning the Giro d’Italia in May.

Despite the rain that hurt the chances of the late starters, Dumoulin clocked 44min41sec on the 31km course in Bergen, Norway.

He beat second-placed Primoz Roglic of Slovenia by 57.79sec, while Briton Chris Froome finished third.

Australian Rohan Dennis finished eighth, 1:37 behind Dumoulin.