João Almeida - Bota Lume

[Ripper]

That thread is gone now. No more ban announcements or explanations.

I bet they were both temporarily banned for going at it in the Remco thread, though I'm sure all evidence of it has been expunged. There was a bit of name-calling which is probably what did it.

I don't know how far it ultimately went but I'd be surprised if either was banned permanently.

Yup, I think they needed to take it outside!

 

[Bardamu]

Haha and to think DQST wants to get rid of him. Probably the biggest talent they have.

 

[Bonimenier]

Haha and to think DQST wants to get rid of him. Probably the biggest talent they have.

I'm sure they would want to keep him, but he is asking too much money for someone who never won a professional bike race before. Maybe that changes today though

 

[Valanga]

How stupid of him to let it go on stage 4 ...

 

[pvieira91]

WOW!!!! CHAPEAU!

 

[SantiBotero]

To be honest, he probably had a very accurate view of his own form and Remco's form.

 

[carolina]

I can't believe I just saw him drop Yates on a climb. This was amazing.

Let's see how many places he climbs today on the GC.

 

[arquipelagoGulag]

In the face of Lefevere.

I'm so upset with the DQS bastards, they sabotaged an entire Giro just to make their little Remco shine.

 

[groogster]

#botalume in beast mode!

 

[Volderke]

You see how good Almeida can get when he gets some rest riding the tempo of Remco in the first week

A lot of turnarounds this stage and Almeida is definitely proving all my reasoning (why his GC was lost anyway after stage 4) wrong!

 

[trevim]

Haha and to think DQST wants to get rid of him. Probably the biggest talent they have.

Nah, he’s doing very well but Evenepoel is still a bigger talent. Which doesn’t mean much considering Evenepoel is the biggest talent in such a long time

 

[groogster]

I can't believe I just saw him drop Yates on a climb. This was amazing.

Let's see how many places he climbs today on the GC.

Beast mode. Maybe he after all is not such a bad climber

 

[Pinot's goat]

By far his best climbing performance, if he can show this level on climbs regularly can win grand tours.

 

[carolina]

Can't wait for the "João would have won the Giro if he didn't have to wait for Remco" comments on DQS facebook page.

 

[Bardamu]

Nah, he’s doing very well but Evenepoel is still a bigger talent. Which doesn’t mean much considering Evenepoel is the biggest talent in such a long time

Somehow people tend to forget a kid named Pogacar.

 

[roundabout]

I can't believe I just saw him drop Yates on a climb. This was amazing.

Let's see how many places he climbs today on the GC.

Should be 2 places

 

[carolina]

Podium is out of the question, but he might still finish in 4th place

 

[trevim]

Somehow people tend to forget a kid named Pogacar.

Stand corrected
Still Evenepoel has a bigger potential than Almeida. Let’s see what he does with that in the coming years

 

[arquipelagoGulag]

Can't wait for the "João would have won the Giro if he didn't have to wait for Remco" comments on DQS facebook page.

Normally, you can't even tell he would lose 4 minutes on stage 4 if he were really the team leader and everyone had worked for him.

 

[Red Rick]

He only dropped everyone to hide they were only riding because Ciccone crashed.

 

[carolina]

Normally, you can't even tell he would lose 4 minutes on stage 4 if he were really the team leader and everyone had worked for him.

Dude... you need to move on.

 

[AlfaLum]

Very impressive ride by him, quite unexpected for me in a finish like this one. Chapeau for Almeida!

 

[Eclipse]

Awwoooooo the wolf is on the hunt.

One of of his best rides to date and now could quite plausibly finish as high as 4th

 

[pvieira91]

Incredible! Running like this he can aspire to win a gran tour!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Very strong 3rd week by Almeida. He can only blame himself for losing 5 minutes on one of early stages, the podium would easily be within his reach.