What is more impressive is how a portuguese forum member is almost desiring Almeida to fail just because he is in the same team of Pogacar. This climb is Almeida's kryptonite and he did a good job. How can someone saying he is not better when he is doing his best spring campaign ever, besting an all time great like Vingegaard twice in two MTF.
And again, we are talking about a portuguese cycling fan depreciating our best rider ever (or second best).
Almeida was 2nd and 3rd in Tirreno and Catalunya in 2023. So that's NOT his best spring, not yet at least.
Most of the things he's done so far are within the range of what he always does.
That's not a new level or something, marginal gains at best.