It was the last opportunity for JOAO ALMEIDA and training UAE Team Emirates-XRG To reverse this 80th edition of the Vuelta On the side of Bola del Mundo, at the top of the Navacerrada viola. After a race led at high speed, it is the Danish, Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), which was the strongest on these terrible slopes. The red jersey won in front of his teammate Sepp kiss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) et l’Australien Jai Hindley (Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe). Long awaited on this 20th stage, the 27 -year -old Portuguese failed to follow his rival in this last ascent and conceded almost 22 seconds. At the microphone of our colleagues fromEurosportthe Angliru winner spoke over this last week who did not go as planned …
“I was already at the limit during the whole stage …”
“It was super hard”begins the Portuguese. “I was already at the limit during the whole stage, but we had to try, we had nothing to lose”says the leader in training UAE Team Emirates-XRG. “The idea was to make the stage as fast and as strong as possible. Unfortunately, I was sick this week, so the sensations were not the best, but we still tried and I think that is what matters”he explains. “No regrets, we did what we could. Congratulations to Jonas (Vingegaard, editor's note), he was super strong, and I think it's not so bad to be behind him”concludes JOAO ALMEIDA.
