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Thirteen years separate the two men in the photo below, who reached the finish line on Thursday after the toughest stage of the Tour of Italy. Veteran Vincenzo Nibali, 35, and João Almeida, 22, who had just lost the pink jersey he had worn in the last 15 days.
On a day of suffering in the snowy mountains, the “shark of Messina”, as he is nicknamed, left a message of great encouragement to the Portuguese runner: “Today was not a good day for me and for the pink jersey. But the most important thing was that we gave it our all. Good luck, João Almeida. »
Nibali, who has already won the three Grand Tours (Spain-2010, Italy-2013 and France-2014), is eighth in the general classification, more than five minutes from the now pink Kelderman jersey, having made a kind of pass at the end testimony:
«It was hard, it was heavy on my legs. In Stelvio they imposed a strong pace and 7km from the top accelerated even more, which made the group that was formed explode. I walked a long time alone, did what I could and arrived with the pink sweater. Yes, there is a generational change, my ID says that I was born in 1984, we must be few. I am 35 years old, the others are all younger … This has been a difficult year for me ».
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