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The Deceuninck-QuickStep rider won another two seconds at the top of the general classification thanks to the effort made at the end of the stage.
João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) reinforced his pink jersey on Tuesday, in a 16th stage of the Tour of Italy on a bicycle won by the Slovenian Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-McLaren), resistant to the day’s escape.
In the fight for the general, the Portuguese rider attacked in the final part of the peloton and won two seconds of the competition, with two Sunweb men as the closest pursuers, the Dutch Wilco Kelderman, second to 17, and the Australian Jai Hindley , In third. at 2.58 minutes.
In the first statements to the press after the stage, João Almeida said that he can no longer feel safe, that he feels good, but that he is also “prepared for the worst”.
“I felt good and sometimes the best defense is to attack. I did it, I felt good and I tried … why not?”, He said about the escape in the final part, which earned him two seconds for the competition.
“This is more and more a mental game and sometimes the mind is more important than the physical. I cannot gain more confidence than I have at the moment. It has been crazy, I am very grateful to my team, the squad. , everyone. I am very grateful and we will see if I can take it to the end. I am confident, but I am prepared for the worst. Everything can go wrong, “said the 22-year-old, born in Caldas da Rainha.
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