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The Portuguese was second on a 13th stage that he and Deceuninck-Quick Step controlled, allowing Rúben Guerreiro to score on the mountain.
João Almeida, the youngest rider to lead the Tour of Italy in several consecutive days since Giuseppe Saronni, in 1979, will start tomorrow in pink for the time trial, which will be his eleventh day at the top of the classification, and then today they have given a great show!
The thirteenth stage, with 192 kilometers between Cervia and Monselice, was controlled by Deceuninck-Quick Step from the second of two short mountains, won by Diego Ulissi, ahead of Almeida in a very tight sprint.
The racer from the United Arab Emirates edged the young Portuguese by half a wheel and Almeida edged Patrick Konrad from Bora by less than 10 centimeters!
With the six seconds won in the bonus of his position in the goal, João Almeida reinforced the pink jersey. Tomorrow the 34.1 km time trial will start with a 40-second lead over the Dutch Wilco Kelderman and 49 over the Spanish Pello Bilbao.
It should be noted that at the last summit today, a fourth category climb, the first to pass was Rúben Guerreiro, which allowed the Portuguese EF to increase its advantage as leader of the mountain.
This Saturday, the squad will face the second of three individual time trials on stage 14, between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, with 34.1 kilometers, before a high mountain stage on Sunday in Piancavallo, followed by the second rest day.
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