On the evening of the 9th stage of Tour of Spain, JOAO ALMEIDA seemed quite up against his teammates, who had left him alone in the final. Thus, on the eve of the day of rest this Monday, the Portuguese of the team UAE Team Emirates XRG pointed to 1'37 of the red jersey of Torstein Traeen (Bahrain-Victorious), but especially at almost 40 “of Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), main favorite for final victory. “I may have lacked teammates today. No one was with me at the end”, had then explained the Portuguese at the evening of this stage, which saw him conceded 24 “on the Danish. This Monday, when Mark questions him about his team, JOAO ALMEIDA seems more nuanced.
VIDEO – Joao Almeida climbed after the 9th stage of the Vuelta
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“Maybe nothing would have changed …”
“My teammates have helped me enormously all day. Jay Vine helped me reduce the gap. Perhaps we were not 100 %, maybe nothing would have changed. We will never know. It is cycling. Has anyone in the team failed? I wouldn't say that. It's a past. It's time to focus on the rest. ” Enclosed subject for Portuguese who points to 3rd place in the general classification. It remains to be seen whether the Portuguese will be able to count on his teammates during the next racing days, in particular on Juan Ayuso who had also spoken on the evening of the 9th stage: “I was quite tired and I couldn't help the team”.
