{"id":179978,"date":"2020-10-19T13:28:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=179978"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:28:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:28:41","slug":"almeida-heroically-defends-the-giro-lead-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/10\/19\/almeida-heroically-defends-the-giro-lead-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Almeida Heroically Defends the Giro Lead and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Portuguese still in pink<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) donned the pink jersey on Mount Etna, no-one really expected him to last 12 stages in the lead. But he\u2019s done it. The 22-year-old is riding his first-ever Grand Tour, which makes his performance all the more impressive. Almeida needs to be considered a serious GC contender now but stage 15 showed that it won\u2019t be easy for him. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) left him behind with 5 km to the summit of Piancavallo and gained 30 seconds on Almeida. It took a lot of effort for the Portuguese to minimise the losses. The question now stands: can he make it till the end with just a 15-second lead? What do you think? The last week should provide a very good show.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGc-z66FzUb\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Giro d\u2019Italia stage 15 results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) \u2013 4:38:52<br \/>\n2. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) + 2s<br \/>\n3. Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb) + 4s<br \/>\n4. Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) a+ 37s<br \/>\n5. Rafa\u0142 Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 1:22<br \/>\n6. Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 1:29<br \/>\n7. James Knox (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 1:36<br \/>\n8. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren)<br \/>\n9. Jakob Fuglsang (Team Astana)<br \/>\n10. Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>General classification<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) \u2013 59:27:38<br \/>\n2. Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) + 15s<br \/>\n3. Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb) ) + 2:56<br \/>\n4. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) + 2:57<br \/>\n5. Bilbao Pello (Bahrain-McLaren) + 3:10<br \/>\n6. Rafa\u0142 Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 3:18<br \/>\n7. Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) + 3:29<br \/>\n8. Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling) + 3:50<br \/>\n9. Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 4:09<br \/>\n10. Fausto Masnada (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) + 4:12<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The struggle is real<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGXv3F8K7rq\/<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2020 in one tweet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How it started&#8230;         How it\u2019s going. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MwNPRPqTb\">pic.twitter.com\/1MwNPRPqTb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rebecca Charlton (@BeccaCharlton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeccaCharlton\/status\/1316790183447220225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Too soon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giro 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hHBse4tqZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/hHBse4tqZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraintThomas86\/status\/1315957436243640321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Love it<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giroditalia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@giroditalia<\/a> and welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giuliocicco1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@giuliocicco1<\/a>\u2019s show \ud83d\udca5<br \/>(and stay tuned, more to come \ud83d\ude09) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUtqYe0AGp\">pic.twitter.com\/tUtqYe0AGp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LidlTrek\/status\/1316302870237544449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Thanks for everything<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ikguallas\/status\/1316374783135801346<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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