Evenepoel resurfaces in the chrono and Almeida conquest Romandía

Three seconds. That was the tiny margin of time in which the general of the Romandía Tour Between Lenny Martinez, who was leading the last day after winning the Reina stage in Thyon 2000, Lorenzo Fortunato and João Almeida. But taking into account their few counterrelojista skills for the Final assault in Geneva, The Italian was practically discarded from the equation … and so it was. On that field, where he enjoys the privilege of being the current world champion and Olympic, Remco Evenepoel took a week of doubts and disappointments with his only partial triumph in the Swiss round, which earned him to boast to the 5th place.

The Gordo Award, the one of the general, went to the hands of an Almeida whose level is reaching a new dimension, levels never seen before in its figure. The Portuguese, at 26, is located in its sporting maturity, and within a team full of stars, a select group of which it is also part, is taking advantage of the opportunities they give perfectly. After exhibit at Itzulia, and to win a direct duel to Vingegaard In a stage of Paris-Niza, Almeida adds Romandía to her record, demonstrating that she would be perfectly trained to lead the team in big turns (which she did in the 2023 turn) if one such Tadej Pogacar I wasn’t there.

The gin chrono did not give much foot to the conjectures. Who arrived in the lead to the intermediate point, which was located at the top of the 3 km rise from the final stretch of travel, The cat would take to the water except a carafal error in the descent. Evenepoel marked the pattern, with an income of 10 seconds about Bettiol, 11 with respect to Almeida and 16 ahead of Vine, Guards that barely vary in the finish line. The positions were exchanged between the Italian and the Portuguese, but not with a Remco that took the triumph (the 2nd of the year after brabanzona arrow) for 12 seconds over that of the UAE, which, which He won the race with enough against Lenny Martinez (a 26″) And his partner came (41″).

The mastery of the Emirati team in the One Week World Tour Tour this year is overwhelming (See table), Interestingly, being Almeida the only corridor that repeats success in this winning sequence: Tour Down Under, UAE Tour, Tyrrhenian-Adriatic, Itzulia and Romandía Tour. After its first seasonal block, Almeida will now have just over a month without competing to reappear in the Tour of Switzerland (since June 15), preparation prior to the Tour of Francia. There he will be at the service of Pogacar, but if things come good, he could take a step forward. He has demonstrated it.

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