Giro: João Almeida reinforces leadership with new class demonstration



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The Portuguese cyclist held the leadership of the Volta a Itália in a new show of force with the main candidates for victory in general. Sagan won the rant.

The Portuguese João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick Step) reinforced the leadership of the Volta a Itália by bicycle, when he finished third in a tenth stage that the Slovak Peter Sagan (BORA-hansgrohe) won in isolation.

Sagan, 30, completed the 177 kilometers between Lanciano and Tortoretto in 4:01.56 hours, 19 seconds less than American Brandon McNulty (UAE Emirates), second, and 23 for Almeida, third, who took advantage of the bonus. four seconds to become more of a leader.

Overall, the Portuguese is now 34 seconds ahead of Dutch Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb), second, and 43 seconds ahead of Spanish Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren), third.

On Wednesday, the eleventh stage connects Porto Sant’Elpidio with Rimini, over 182 kilometers, with only a fourth category mountain count.



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