João Almeida - Bota Lume

[Elos Anjos]

Perhaps he would have always problems in very steep climbs. Roglic's bluff and Kuss's sudden acceleration was a surprise for many. He is still in contention but tomorrow he must be watchfull.

 

[noob]

Perhaps he would have always problems in very steep climbs. Roglic's bluff and Kuss's sudden acceleration was a surprise for many. He is still in contention but tomorrow he must be watchfull.

More like problems on short steep climbs me thinks. Sega di Ala was partly insanely steep yet he was riding on the inside of the curves while passing people.

 

[noob]

Cyclists are such a a special breed. They're the best at being shy/meek and nonchalant/arrogant simultaneously and Almeida always nails that genre

 

[Pistolas]

Cyclists are such a a special breed. They're the best at being shy/meek and nonchalant/arrogant simultaneously and Almeida always nails that genre

He seems quited tired and low mood... Hopefully he is not getting ill.

 

[tobydawq]

He seems quited tired and low mood... Hopefully he is not getting ill.

Wouldn't be the first time he dropped out of a Giro this late with covid.

 

[noob]

He seems quited tired and low mood... Hopefully he is not getting ill.

I think he's like this normally in interviews, but it would be very sad if he was ill.

 

[groogster]

He surely looked pale and more exhausted than Roglic and Thomas at the finish interview!
Praying that he is not incubating anything and that he recovers for tomorrow! If he does, tomorrow's stage climbing profile (besides the last 3k of Tre Cime di Lavaredo) are more his cup of tea so IMO he should make a move on Passo Tre Croci.
If the gap between the Top3 stays the same for Monte Lussari anything can happen.
After so much attrition that last stage will be more about recovering than anything else so it wouldn't surprised me to see +1 minute gaps between them. And I can´t point a favourite for that final Mountain time trial.

 

[Cookster15]

Wouldn't be the first time he dropped out of a Giro this late with covid.

Why would it be Covid? Below are the current stats for Italy, does not look alarming? If he is ill he could just as easily have any type of virus? But it does raise questions on his recovery. My optimism didn’t last long 🙄.

I still hope he can bounce back and take the fight to Thomas and Roglic.

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[noob]

Thanks for the thread name change!
Gonna end up on the podium least he bonks really hard tomorrow. Good enough!

 

[SHAD0W93]

Stinks he lost more time but tomorrow could still be interesting if he’s been talking to Pogacar.

 

[groogster]

Stinks he lost more time but tomorrow could still be interesting if he’s been talking to Pogacar.

As I said, with those gaps anything’s possible! With all the attrition from the previous stages, the fact that they have very similar climbing potential (maybe here JA has a small edge over the others because it will be a tempo climbing managing energy along the way without domestiques) anything can happen. Geraint Thomas is the main favourite but even Almeida still has a chance.

 

[noob]

Stinks he lost more time but tomorrow could still be interesting if he’s been talking to Pogacar.

"Talking to Pogacar" whether meant to be an euphemism or not I'm from now on gonna use it as such

 

[noob]

Here though he does speak about Tadej

 

[SHAD0W93]

"Talking to Pogacar" whether meant to be an euphemism or not I'm from now on gonna use it as such

They say talking to and hanging out with people that are better than you in something can make you better. Maybe Almeida will come out a changed man tomorrow.

 

[Cookster15]

Stinks he lost more time but tomorrow could still be interesting if he’s been talking to Pogacar.

Well at least after today we know it isn’t Covid 🙄

 

[SHAD0W93]

Well at least after today we know it isn’t Covid 🙄

Yet

 

[noob]

Funniest image of the giro. He must've done that face at least partly on purpose!

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great TT by Almeida while finally being on the podium and getting a stage win, plus showed @Red Rick he can beat Kuss in the MTT

 

[noob]

Now he looks happy! Relieved and happy and content!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Funniest image of the giro. He must've done that face at least partly on purpose!

That was a full blown Aru face!

Today I climbed Tre Cime (once again) and I was suprised to see how many times his name had been written on the asphalt. Looks like he had the 2nd most fans after Roglic there on the final climb.

 

[noob]

That was a full blown Aru face!

Today I climbed Tre Cime (once again) and I was suprised to see how many times his name had been written on the asphalt. Looks like he had the 2nd most fans after Roglic there on the final climb.

Were you there live too or just there afterwards? Yeah he seemed to have a ton of fans on place of this giro!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Were you there live too or just there afterwards? Yeah he seemed to have a ton of fans on place of this giro!

Just afterwards, I still had work to do earlier yesterday and couldn't travel back home in time (there also was a train strike in Italy).

 

[Elos Anjos]

Congratulations to João for the podium!
He should be proud, very proud.
He has stepped up in UAE rankings as a full GT leader only behind Pogacar.
And since the great Joaquim Agostinho he is the first Portuguese to podium a GT.
This can and will have many effects on turning cycling more popular in Portugal.

Obrigado João.

 

[carolina]

It was a good Giro for him overall, specially that stage win.

I'm curious to see if he's still going to the Tour, like it was predicted. He should be able to get a top 10 in the GC while helping Pogacar,

 

[Elos Anjos]

It was a good Giro for him overall, specially that stage win.

I'm curious to see if he's still going to the Tour, like it was predicted. He should be able to get a top 10 in the GC while helping Pogacar,

I think he should rest. Two GCs are very tiresome. But do you have any info on that?