Being in the lead of a Grand Tour is a dream scenario for any rider. Once again punching above his weight on a major summit finish on Sunday in the Giro d’Italia, Afonso Eúlalio (Bahrain Victorious) remained admirably realistic about how quickly his grip on the maglia rosa was dwindling.
When asked about whether his family had yet reached Italy to witness the high point of his career to date for themselves, Eulálio answered simply, “when my family arrive, I won’t have the jersey with me”.
His time loss of 41 seconds to Jonas Vingegaard meant that his original GC advantage of over six minutes after Wednesday’s breakaway stage had now shrunk to just 2:24. Eulálio nonetheless continued to impress enormously with what he was achieving.
While he promised that he would do his utmost to defend the lead in Tuesday’s time trial against the vastly, more experienced GC contenders like Vingegaard, Eulálio recognised that just being in the pink jersey had brought him up a level.
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