JOAO Almeida (Caldas da rinha, 1998) always appears in the last corner. The Portuguese is a strong man who keeps his cool when the fight is at its worst and never wrinkles. Now he has reinvented himself to sacrifice himself for the sake of a greater goal in his team. If Vesma’s defeat is completed, two years later his sacrifice will be remembered.
Ask your question. Enter the fifth in the pickle of plato de Bell
The answer. It was very difficult. Pamus has been fast all day. I was five for almost five minutes. Tadeg and Vinggaard were walking very fast. I’m trying to help tadeg in any way I can and that’s what we’re here for.
S. Do you think vingegaard jumped the gun a little by attacking 10 km from the finish? Trying to release bogacar at a pace seems almost impossible this season.
R. I think he was very confident because I won a stage for him. He was confident and tried. It’s a very difficult outlet, it’s very regular and in the end it’s the legs that rule. He could attack or not, but I think tadeg would have won or won, because he was very strong.
S. A colleague of yours told me: ‘Almeida always appears at the last corner’. How did he achieve that ability to stay calm and resist his rhythm without giving up?
R. You have it or you don’t have it, it’s a bit like a way of being. I’ve always been… Since forever and it’s one of the things that defines me. In the end, it’s a psychological issue. I consider myself psychologically strong and tough and I think this is one of my advantages.
I consider myself psychologically strong, tough and I think this is one of my advantages
S. Do you think you will be able to fight for the podium with evenipoil?
R. I’m a little far from the podium, so I think it will be very difficult if everything goes well, but that’s not our goal either. The goal is to win the tour with bojacar and defend it these days until nice. If everything goes well and I can move up in one position, that’s perfect, but I’m a little far away. My feelings are not the best to fight for the podium.
S. How do you feel when bogachar asks you to go with everything?
R. It’s very special for M, because he’s one of the most important cyclists in history, and we still do that. Being a part of it is special. I have a good feeling when I do this work. He always remembers em and that’s very nice. I’m glad.
It’s special when bogachar asks you to handle everything ; you feel part of the story
S. How will I qualify to win the tour with bogacar on the team?
R. The ambition to win the tour with tadeg in the race is almost impossible. I can improve a lot, there are many things I can still improve, but I think that being at the level they have now is not achieved from day to day. Maybe one year he does a twist and turn and I go to the tour, but we still have vingegaard and Remko who are very strong. It’s not simple.
S. It’s already far away, but how did you live the situation with ayusu in Galibier?
R. It’s normal. We ah work for tadeg, which is the goal. We had a plan and in the end we had to put the plan differently because it went as planned. But this can happen in the race in the end. We are struggling and these are normal things. In the end everything is fine.
At the gabliber we had a plan and in the end we had to put the plan differently because it went as planned
S. Did you talk after the race?
R. S. We always do a briefing after the race to see how everything went. The most important thing is to communicate, talk to each other, talk about things. This is how things are fixed.
S. To be a pioneer in the return?
R. Q, Yates and I will be the team leaders. The plan is for both of us to go. We have to recover well from the tour, but I think we will arrive well and try to fight for the race.
S. Do you think you are on the best team in the world?
R. Q, there is no doubt that Q.
S. Is that motivation or more pressure?
R. I am a person who wants to maximize his performance as much as possible. It’s not for the team, but for me I want to be stronger and better. There is a very competitive atmosphere and that helps. We also have the best equipment in the team.
A. What can be done so that there are no fans who throw snacks in the cyclist’s face?
R. Yesterday I had an interview with Cavendish who was talking about this topic and was very right. Cycling is very special because the fans are very close to us. They live the atmosphere of cycling in the ports, in the Sprint and they have to take advantage of this out of respect for cyclists. Because maybe one day the outlets are closed, there will be no one and it’s over.
