João Almeida defends the leadership of the Giro’2020: follow the 11th stage live – Giro



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11:36 am – At Km 15, Mattia Bais, Fabio Mazzucco, Francesco Romano, Sander Armee and Marco Frapporti form the leading group, adding 4 minutes ahead of the peloton, followed by the pink jersey, João Almeida.

11h13 – The eleventh stage begins.

– The Portuguese are great on this tour: João Almeida leaves for this 11th stage as leader of the general and Youth, while Ruben Guerreiro is leader of the mountain.

– Yesterday Peter Sagan had to give the liter to return to the victories, with the Spanish Pello Bilbao (Bahrain) having the audacity to attack the pink jersey, but ended up doing it badly, since Deceuninck closed the space and put the Portuguese in front of the arrival of the squad. “I already heard my name on the road and I think I’m gaining fans in Italy”, Said the Portuguese, leader of the general classification at the end of yesterday’s stage, which finished in 3rd position.

– The director of the Volta a Itália, Mauro Vegni, yesterday regretted the abandonment due to positive cases of covid-19 in the teams of Mitchelton Scott e Jumbo-Visma but he assured that “the the organization will do everything possible to get to Milan“.

– Big surprise of the first half of the Giro’2020, João Almeida seems to be an increasingly serious candidate to be at the top of the final classification of the second big round of the season. And the betting shops They are also beginning to see Deceuninck – Quick-Step Portuguese differently.

A-dos-Francos wears pink in honor of João Almeida

– The Portuguese João Almeida continues to have a dream campaign in this Giro’2020. Leader for more than a week, the cyclist from Deceuninck – Quick-Step defends today the pink jersey, on a flat stage, suitable for skaters or sprinters, without major threats to the Portuguese. The eleventh stage is 182 kilometers between Porto Sant’Elpidio and Rimini, with only a fourth category mountain count.



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