Tom Dumoulin had a great 2015 season. The Giant-Alpecin rider finished 6th overall at the Vuelta a Espana. But in 2017, the Dutchman will focus only on the Olympic Games. Three-week races will not be his priority. He explained his priorities in an interview with Cyclingnews,

"I’ve said it before, and I’ve been asking the question of myself and faced it from journalists – when am I going to go for a Grand Tour? What’s next?" Dumoulin told. "I would love to ride for GC in the future but also go for stage wins. That might not be next season, as Rio is my main focus. It’s possible to maybe do a GC and then Rio but we still need to find the way to do that. If it effects my Rio form then I won’t do that as Rio is the main aim. I hope the team protects me and they don’t go along with the flow from the fans that I need to go for Grand Tours now. I hope we can find the right balance."

Giant-Alpecin have had some changes in the roster. "Warren and I are improving in GC and I was doing GC in one-week WorldTour races and the team said they’d try and find us some more support. We have that already, so if we put the right team in the right race we have a good team and its’ something we’ve already worked on, but it could be a little bit better. That doesn’t mean we need to throw away our abilities in the sprints – that’s what we have done best in the last year and that’s something we should keep on doing. I think that it’s possible to combine the two."