João Almeida returned to show his best form at the Vuelta a España on the day when Stefan Küng, known as "King Küng", shone in the time trial stage. The Portuguese returned to his best level and achieved his best result in this edition of the Vuelta.
In the same stage, another rider, identified as Mas, delivered an exceptional performance in the time trial, flying like never before to maintain the lead in the overall classification, represented by the red jersey, with an advantage of 1.37 minutes.
João Almeida, the Portuguese rider, returned to "botar lume", a Portuguese expression meaning to give one's all, and fought directly with the time trial specialists during the stage, achieving his most positive result in this Vuelta.
The stage was marked by the duel between the big names of the time trial, with Küng standing out as king of the specialty, while Almeida managed to recover his competitiveness and integrate among the best in these time trial stages.
