On Sunweb's Youtube channel they had a clip of the morning of that stage on the bus, with Dumoulin being asked how the day will possibly go and how he was feeling that morning. He replied with "I'm fucked". Obviously they won't film and release 'proper' meetings etc, but it did strike me as being a bit weird.
what's weird about an honest answer? maybe it's a cultural thing, but being Dutch and direct, undiplomatic, insensitive, rude etc. it's not something that strikes me as weird ;-)
exactly! I worked with some Dutch people (as well as some British people), and Dutch, especially in such comparison, come across as very direct, or even rude to some.
On Sunweb's Youtube channel they had a clip of the morning of that stage on the bus, with Dumoulin being asked how the day will possibly go and how he was feeling that morning. He replied with "I'm fucked". Obviously they won't film and release 'proper' meetings etc, but it did strike me as being a bit weird.