It is being the best surprise of a Giro that invited few script changes. Afonso Eulálio He arrives on the first day of rest in Italy in pink. He caught it in an epic way under the deluge of Powerand he has defended it with class and legs in the first dive in the mountain of the Corsa Rosa.
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“It is perfect to arrive on the rest day with the pink jersey. It was one of the team’s objectives and we have all fought for it,” confessed the Portuguese at the finish line in Corno alle Scale. He entered fifth, just 41 seconds behind ‘Coco’, Jonas Vingegaard and the pink remained with a margin of 2:24 over the leader of Visma. Great performance from a cyclist who is making a name for himself in his second Giro.
“I fought with the group of favorites, with the men from the general classification, and it’s crazy… I’m still getting used to it,” he stated. the leader of the classification excited.
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Panic against the clock
Eulálio He is not a time trial specialist. This season he has only been on the goat one day. It was in the time trial for super specialists of the UAE Tour and finished in 122nd place after 12 flat kilometers against the wind. Tomorrow a hell of extreme suffering awaits along the 42 kilometers, also flat and for connoisseurs, that the Giro has proposed in its only time trial. Jonas’s threat, now, is enormous.
“We will try to find a good coffee, and then we will review the course with the team and face the time trial. It’s not my best discipline, but you have to fight“, assumes the brave Portuguese cyclist with some resignation.