João Almeida - Bota Lume

[Red Rick]

I think it's pretty obvious that Almeida has been on another level this year compared to other years. Honestly, I even give him a small chance of beating Vingegaard in the Tour.

He's been consistently really good. And he's also been consistently not even close to Vingegaards TdF level.

 

[AmRacer]

He's been consistently really good. And he's also been consistently not even close to Vingegaards TdF level.

Neither has Jonas.

 

[Red Rick]

Neither has Jonas.

And even this Dauphine Vingegaards ride on Valmenier is way ahead of anything Almeida has done.

 

[Froome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1935460971050418673

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1935460971050418673?t=Ach7p0MdzgymYv1_NMYqNQ&s=19


According to ammattipyoraily, 65 kg standard weight, means 6.13 w/kg.


Then you check naichaca or watts2win, and they put almeida perfomance in the range of 6.3/6.4 w/kg.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

GC win much closer now. Good ride but he looked human among humans.

 

[Peyroteo94]

GC win much closer now. Good ride but he looked human among humans.

He was very mediocre IMO.

 

[Rou]

Couldn't beat Onley today. Either Onley has stepped up or Almeida was no good today. Waiting for the VAM before we judge.

 

[Froome]

Couldn't beat Onley today. Either Onley has stepped up or Almeida was no good today. Waiting for the VAM before we judge.

Tired after the last days.

 

[Rou]

Tired after the last days.

Probably that solo from yesterday killed him but I expected more today. Anyways, looks good for the GC.

 

[tobydawq]

He's been consistently really good. And he's also been consistently not even close to Vingegaards TdF level.

How do you know that given that performance estimations are useless?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Looks like overall is well within reach.

 

[Mayomaniac]

He was very mediocre IMO.

Nah, a normal Almeida performance. The funny thing would be if he has an extra gear, but used it for his spring peak and is now trying to built for a monster peak for the Vuelta, where he will be a gc leader, instead of peaking for the Tour.

 

[tobydawq]

He is set to become the first rider since Wiggins in 2012 (and second since Kelly in 1986) to win three of the seven major one week races in the same season.

The wild thing is that he at some point was also in pole position to win Paris-Nice. Four of those in a season would have been completely insane.

 

[Squire]

He is set to become the first rider since Kelly in 1986 to win three of the seven major one week races in the same season.

The wild thing is that he at some point was also in pole position to win Paris-Nice. Four of those in a season would have been completely insane.

Wiggins in 2012?

 

[tobydawq]

Wiggins in 2012?

Of course, sorry.

I knew there was something I didn't remember about the stat that I saw earlier this year but I thought it was someone before Kelly's time.

 

[jmdirt]

Solid race today JA!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Hammering it.

So i guess another case of pouring diesel into a gasoline engine resolved? Must try it one day, will try to pour gasoline into my diesel engine and to see on how that goes. On a more serious note likely something clicked inside João, last edition, on where Adam nicked him the win. Bota Lume took over.

 

[Cycling111]

I don't see much of a difference from last year's Tour de Suisse.
If it weren't for the first stage, Almeida would be winning by the same margin as last year. The difference is that last year he didn't have to attack as much and still managed to gain a significant advantage over Skjelmose, who is a better climber than Alaphilippe and Onley.

1	1	-	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	500	250	32″	20:18:49
2	2	-	ALMEIDA João	UAE Team Emirates	400	190	22″	0:22
3	4	▲1	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl - Trek	325	160	8″	3:02
4	3	▼1	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	275	140	7″	3:12
5	5	-	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel - Premier Tech	225	120	4″	3:31
6	7	▲1	PIDCOCK Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	175	110		4:36
7	6	▼1	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	150	100		5:01
8	8	-	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	125	90		5:40
9	10	▲1	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	100	80		6:31
10	9	▼1	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	85	70	2″	6:35

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[CyclistAbi]

For the people that don't see Bota Lume, you are blind.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He is set to become the first rider since Wiggins in 2012 (and second since Kelly in 1986) to win three of the seven major one week races in the same season.

The wild thing is that he at some point was also in pole position to win Paris-Nice. Four of those in a season would have been completely insane.

Wow, even Roglic didn't achieve it. Impressive (if he completes it tomorrow).
UAE will have a hard time choosing the TdF leader! Joao should be favoured IMHO.

 

[Cycling111]

For the people that don't see Bota Lume, you are blind.

At this point in the season, his level is similar. It seems more significant to me to gain 3 minutes on Skjelmose than on Alaphilippe.
Remco's level this year at Dauphiné was similar.
What changed is that Remco improved a lot from the Dauphiné to the Tour. If this happens again, Almeida will be fourth again.

It seems crazy to me to think that Almeida can fight for second place, as some people are saying on social media.

I'm comparing the performance in TDS. And the performance in TDS isn't much better than last year. Last year, the level of climbers in the top 10 was much higher. Which is enough to finish fourth in TDF like last year. It all depends on Remco performing at a similar level. Remco's performance in the 2024 Tour was better than this.

 

[Red Rick]

It seems crazy to me to think that Almeida can fight for second place, as some people are saying on social media.

I wouldn't say it "seems crazy" I would instead confidently assert that it's bat**** insane.

 

[jmdirt]

Great finish! Another solid day JA!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Route was way harder last year. I'm pretty sure he would cook everyone on long mountain stages

 

[Mayomaniac]

Route was way harder last year. I'm pretty sure he would cook everyone on long mountain stages

Nah, 2 days ago he could have just ridden tempo to wreck everyonecon tge final climb if he had last year's legs. Clearly peaking for the Vuelta to ride for himself