João Almeida - Bota Lume

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That's impressive, maybe the most he's ever been
I agree some people know im not that surprised, its not like we havent seen this before this year.

I am however very surprised in the fashion he did it and thought he would be behind Jonas but not more than 30 sec or thereabout. Indeed seriously impressive stuff.

He was better than ever all year just to crash out from a obvious podium in the Tour so happy for him, deserves the credit he gets.
 
Apr 13, 2025
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His determination is commendable.

But I don't think he'll win. Today was te best stage for Almeida, a tough climb.

Almeida's problem is his terrible positioning and other aspects of the race, like the descents. He didn't have those problems today.

The day Vingegaard won, he lost mainly because of that. And because the climb is less tough and he lacks explosiveness.

If he couldn't dropped Vingegaard today, it's harder for him to do so in the other stages. Unless Vingegaard collapses because of the Tour.

Ironically, Almeida benefited from the Tour crash. He has fresher legs for the Vuelta.
 
Sep 1, 2023
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His determination is commendable.

But I don't think he'll win. Today was te best stage for Almeida, a tough climb.

Almeida's problem is his terrible positioning and other aspects of the race, like the descents. He didn't have those problems today.

The day Vingegaard won, he lost mainly because of that. And because the climb is less tough and he lacks explosiveness.

If he couldn't dropped Vingegaard today, it's harder for him to do so in the other stages. Unless Vingegaard collapses because of the Tour.

Ironically, Almeida benefited from the Tour crash. He has fresher legs for the Vuelta.
Almeida has learned from Rogla 😁
 
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Will Almeida follow Ayuso's footsteps and leave the team to be a leader at the Tour? No chance for that in UAE.
 
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If he couldn't dropped Vingegaard today, it's harder for him to do so in the other stages. Unless Vingegaard collapses because of the Tour.

This climb was good for Almeida because strong, even pace is the best tactic on Angliru (even if someone is on your wheel). He didn't manage to crack Vingo but the race is still on and keep in mind that we also have a flat time-trial.
 
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Great win Almeida!!!! If he rides well tomorrow and Vingegaard loses time the TT is wide open. Hopefully the whole team starts working for him and stops with the breakaways. UAE should set a hard pace tomorrow with everyone to blow the race up and due to Vingegaard lacking the legs these past two years on attrition rides.
 
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Great win Almeida!!!! If he rides well tomorrow and Vingegaard loses time the TT is wide open. Hopefully the whole team starts working for him and stops with the breakaways. UAE should set a hard pace tomorrow with everyone to blow the race up and due to Vingegaard lacking the legs these past two years on attrition rides.
Tomorrow Ayuso and Soler or Vine on the break :tearsofjoy:
 
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it took them until now to commit fully to Joao

It's not unheard of though in GT, i.e. up until yesterday UAE had no way of knowing whether Almeida was really in the game for the overall win versus Vingegaard. Now they know.