That was Almeida only shot and he blew it. Look, I like Almeida, but I was extremely disappointed in how he approached especially stage 19. He got dropped a bit on stage 18, and his conclusion was: I need to defend and hope for a miracle on stage 20. Guess what, the stage you proved the strongest and won was ridden hard, and thats literally the only chance you have to win the race. You have the team to make it hard, but you don't try. Everybody knows he is a diesel, so why not use that to his advantage? Everyone was relatively fresh going into Tre Cime, but that wouldnt be the case if you actually race GIau hard.
Disappointing, so its hard for me to be happy for him and his performance despite he clearly was the rider I rooted for in this race once it became clear it was one of these three who would win. This was a good-decent chance to win, and he didn't even try. Disappointing.