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Crouched on the bicycle, his helmet long and respecting the same curvature, a whole body and its accessories molded for the sake of aerodynamics while his legs moved the two wheels with which he had to travel, as fast as possible, the 34 kilometers and 100 meters. against himself, against time, against the clock.
The rose gave João Almeida the honor of being the last to go out and set his tick in motion, he pedaling alone and for him, which is one of the things that Portuguese does best and many have done it, because he has been 12 years . Days dressed in the jersey that identifies the leader of the lap that is being held in Italy, one of the three main laps to be given in Europe that has been an incredible journey for the 22-year-old Portuguese.
Pedaling alone, without the back of the team, only him being his best help, the loneliest moment in cycling in which João Almeida lavished himself, it took 44 minutes and 11 seconds to go from Conegliano to Valdobbiadene.
He was the sixth fastest to stop his clock and this improved his clock that tells everyone the time: he strengthened his advantage, he now has 56 seconds left for second place, from the Dutchman Wilco Kelderman, and more than two minutes for the rest.
The pink and pink leadership on the body will follow João Almeida, the sensation and self-improvement of this Giro d’Itália that, on Sunday, enters the third week that distinguishes the great Vueltas from the others. It will be the last part of the race, the most arduous and complicated, which tests the cyclists who venture to win because there will not be a day without percentages of frightening slopes and mountains to climb.
Sunday will be 185 kilometers with four counts of altitude in the middle and in the last one, at more than 1,200 meters high, the goal will be waiting, at the end of a road with a 14% incline and a much higher percentage of guys with energy eradicated from the body. There the greatest test of João Almeida’s pink adventure will begin.
