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NACHO LABARGA
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ANDThe UAE had all its hopes pinned on him. And he had them pinned on this Vuelta a Espana. Joao Almeida, This was his great opportunity to be able to get his first Grand Tour after having achieved third place in the Giro d’Italia last year, but it seems that the Vuelta is going to slip away from him this year and that will have to wait.
And today, Almeida has not been able to keep up with the favorites and has come off the hook in the stage that culminated in the Sierra de Cazorla, in Jan. The reason, the same one for which he retired in the 2022 Giro d’Italia: Covid. The Portuguese, according to what MARCA has been able to find out from sources from the team itselfhas been infected with the virus and has left him very diminished.
EFE
This is how UAE Emirates is doing in this Vuelta
Seeing that the main figure of the Emirati team is affected by coronavirus, the alternatives for Matxn’s team go through the figures of Adam Yates or the Mexican Del Torowho we remember is the fifth rider from his country to participate in the Spanish round.
If we look at the classification and we are guided by how the classification is, Del Toro It is the one that is higher up, right now 17th ranked at 6’32”. Pending the team’s statement, which will be released tomorrow morning, the team’s status is still in doubt. Joao Almeida’s departure on tomorrow’s stage on Sundayalthough most likely it won’t
