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This Monday, the Portuguese cyclist João Almeida ascended by bicycle to the leadership of the Volta a Itália, wearing the pink jersey, symbol of the commander of the “Giro” general.
João Almeida, 22, came to the leadership of the Volta à Itália, after the conclusion of the third stage, which started in Enna and ended with an ascent to Mount Etna volcano, this Monday afternoon.
Second overall since the opening time trial, in which he has just been defeated by the world champion in the specialty, the Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos), the Portuguese cyclist from (Deceuninck-QuickStep) joins the pink jersey to the white jersey ( youth leader) that he wore at the start of the third stage.
The victory in this Monday’s stage fell to Jonathan Caicedo (EF Pro Cycling), who reached the top of Etna in isolation, fleeing from a small group of cyclists who covered several kilometers in the race.
Almeida has the same time as Caicedo overall, but has a hundredth of a second advantage in the first time trial. Spain’s Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren) is third in 37 seconds.
After a long escape, Caicedo cut the goal, installed on Etna, 150 kilometers after the start in Enna, in 4: 02.33, 21 seconds less than the Italian Giovanni Visconti (Vini Zabú-KTM) and 30 than the Dutch Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal).
On Tuesday the fourth stage will be played, between Catania and Villafranco Tirrena, in a 140 kilometer route, with only a third category count in the middle of the draw.
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