<![CDATA[ João Almeida: "Mesmos resultados de Agostinho? Hoje, não assinaria" ]]>

Ambitious, he says he wouldn't "buy" two podiums in the Tour (like Agostinho) if that meant not winning a Grand Tour: "I think it's possible [to win]." In an interview, he talks about the time and the future in the UAE.

Listening to João Almeida speak, it becomes easy to understand how the Portuguese rider from UAE Emirates - who is also the best "voltista" in Portuguese cycling since Joaquim Agostinho - got here. The calm and tranquility with which he responds, and the way he avoids rash statements, give us a glimpse of what he is like as a cyclist: patient, even calculating.