US EditionAlmeida wins Vuelta 'queen stage' ahead of leader Vingegaard amid protests
- Joao Almeida secured victory on stage 13 of the 2025 Vuelta a España by finishing just ahead of race leader Jonas Vingegaard at the summit of L'Angliru in Asturias, Spain, on Friday.
- The victory followed a demanding 202.7 km stage featuring nearly 4,000 meters of climbing and was briefly interrupted by pro-Palestinian protests near the final climb.
- Almeida set the pace from the bottom of the climb, narrowly beating Vingegaard in a final sprint and shaving his rival's overall lead to 46 seconds after 13 stages.
- Almeida described the win as special, credited his teammates, and said, "I still don't believe it," while Vingegaard acknowledged Almeida deserved to win.
- Saturday's stage will be a shorter 135.9 km mountain trek from Avilés to the first-category summit at La Farrapona, promising another challenging test for the general classification contenders.
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Joao Almeida (AE Emirates - XRG) won the royal stage of this year's Tour of Spain, which ended with the legendary climb of Anglir. The Portuguese crossed the finish line just ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who thus retained the overall lead in the race.
It was the first victory of the Portuguese cyclist in a step from the Volta to Spain
Offensive, the Portuguese rider from UAE Team Emirates-XRG took away, on Friday, in front of the Danish red jersey during the most feared stage of the Tour of Spain, preserving the suspense on the outcome of the race.
The cry in favor of Palestine is not suffocated in the Vuelta, scattered revolts, but also articulated and joined together, which are destabilizing the round. From the counter-clock for teams, when several Protestants stopped the passage of the runners of Israel-Premier Tech, to the stage in Bilbao, when the organization decided to advance three kilometers the goal to avoid major evils, since at the passage of the cyclists there was a rain of le…
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