Tour of Italy – Joao Almeida: “The preparation went well”

Tour of Italy – Joao Almeida: “The preparation went well”

The team was around two riders Emirates Team Emirates It will be expressed within 105 tour in italy, whose Grand Départ will be held next Friday in Budapest. As announced at the start of the season, he will be the general classification leader Joao AlmeidaWho will participate in the Italian Grand Prix for the third time in his career. Fourth in 2020 – after wearing the pink jersey for two weeks – and sixth in 2021, the Portuguese will arrive this way gyro With the desire to do a better job, and thus ascend to the podium. “It’s a special race for me. I have great memories here and I’m delighted to be back with a great team looking to do well.”he says at his training site.

Video- Joao Almeida approaches the Giro d’Italia with confidence

“Obviously my goal is to get a good overall rating.”

“Preparation for the bikes has gone very well. Since my last race (The JB Miguel Induren Last April 2, editor’s note)I trained at altitude in the Sierra Nevada, Spain with some of my teammates. We have a wonderful group. Obviously my goal would be to have a good overall rating, but we also have Fernando (Gaviria) for the sprints and a lot of guys who have already won the Giro. We can’t wait to get started.”The person who finished in the top ten of the three stage races he has competed in this season (the fifth inEmirates Towerthe eighth of Paris Nice And the third of A tour of Catalonia).

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In the mountain, Joao Almeida can count on support David FormulaAnd Roy CostaAnd Alessandro Coffey And Diego Ulisse. However, the latter two must have the opportunity to run for them during certain stages, especially those intended for perforators. Back to the competition for Tour of Romandy After two months of absence, Fernando Gaviria will be a team runner Emirates Team Emirates. future retiree Maximiliano Ricci Who will finish his career? gyro – His fish will be the pilot while the Portuguese Roy Oliveira It will also be valuable support for the Colombian.

Fabio Baldato: “We have a lot of experience in our squad”

Sports Director of the UAE International Team, Fabio Baldato Also speaking a few days before the launch of this 105th edition. “We are happy to go to the Giro d’Italia with a strong team. Almeida will be our man in the general classification and I think we have a team more than capable of supporting him. Gaviria is back from injury and looks like he is in good shape., so we will have this card to play in the hostile stages. We have experience. Big on our team and we are excited about what we hope will be a great race.”Italian concludes.

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