This Tuesday was the 3rd stage of the Switzerland Tourwon by the American Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) after a sacred solo number. But he is not the only one to have carried out a great operation. The Portuguese João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) also resumed after his big disappointment during the 1st stage, where he had conceded more than three minutes to Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), the winner of the stage. This Tuesday, Almeida won the sprint for 2nd place in the peloton, notably ahead of Romain Grégoire et Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B & B Hotels). If he only resumes 6 seconds of bonus on the leader, he nevertheless resets a positive dynamic, before the next steps which will be decisive for the general classification.
VIDEO – Joao Almeida took second place in this 3rd stage
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“I decided to try something”
After the arrival, he returned to his encouraging performance of the day: “It was super fast today, quite hard, and I decided to try something. I think it was a good time to throw. They slowed down a little, it was less than a kilometer from the finish, so nothing crazy. I'm a little disappointed that there was still Quinn Simmons in front, because I would have won the sprint of the peloton. Good, six seconds in three minutes, it was not very well, but I really worked. more day in the legs “he concludes.
