Tom Dumoulin wins 100th Giro d’Italia after pulsating time trial finish

Tom Dumoulin clinched victory in the 100th Giro d’Italia, winning by 31 seconds, as Sunday’s race concluded in Milan with the individual time trial. The 26-year-old becomes the first Dutchman to win the Giro, after beating his closest rivals, Movistar’s Nairo Quintana and FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot to the title. Quintana, who had been chasing the first leg of a Giro-Tour de France double, had to settle for second place, with Vincenzo Nibali finishing third and Pinot dropping to fourth.

Dumoulin, the Sunweb team leader, has now added to his two Dutch time trial titles and a silver in the discipline at the Rio Olympics last year. Dumoulin began the day in fourth, 53 seconds behind Quintana but beat the Colombian by more than a minute on the 29.3km last stage.

He crossed the line in 33.23 to claim second on the stage and then had an agonising wait for first Pinot, then Nibali and lastly Quintana to reach the finish before wrapping up the win. “This is really crazy, I cannot describe it with words,” Dumoulin said. “It is incredible. It was such a nerve-racking day, I was super nervous from the beginning of the day. I needed to stay calm but I couldn’t but I did it. I pulled it off and it is incredible.”

• William Fotheringham’s full race report to follow