As the dust settled on Jonas Vingegaard’s ferocious high mountain attack in the Vuelta a España on Sunday, arch-rival João Almeida pulled no punches about how he and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG team had been badly caught out by the Dane’s unexpected GC assault on the lower slopes of Valdezcaray.
After Vingegaard shot away from a fast-crumbling GC group, Almeida was forced into serious damage limitation mode, with only Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) able to provide any degree of support.
Barring a brief stint by Jay Vine on the front immediately after Vingegaard had attacked, Almeida was certainly isolated from his teammates. By the time they crossed the line, Marc Soler was the closest UAE rider, over a minute back in the main group of favourites,…
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