ALMEIDA Joao

Giro d'Italia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men's Individual	2020	Milan, ITA
6	Men's Individual	2021	Milan, ITA

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
3	2021	Men's Individual	UAE Tour	Abu Dhabi, UAE
6	2021	Men's Individual	Tirreno - Adriatico	San Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
7	2021	Men's Individual	Volta a Catalunya	Montjuic, ESP
33	2019	Men's Individual	Tour of California	Pasadena, CA, USA
37	2021	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA
53	2020	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
62	2020	Men's Individual	Tour Down Under	Willunga Hill, SA, AUS
64	2021	Road Race	Liege - Bastogne - Liege	Liege, BEL

UCI Road World Championships (Under 23)

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2019	Harrogate, GBR	76	28
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	78	30

UCI Road World Championships (Juniors)

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2016	Doha, QAT	55	26

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

The Panther [his mother began calling him that after watching him compete in a skinsuit during the 2018 U23 Giro d'Italia]. (jornaldenegocios.pt, 25 Oct 2020)

Gaming, karting. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Athlete

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Deceuninck - Quick-Step [Belgium] since 2020

Turned professional in 2017

He began riding his bike at age four. He took up the sport of cycling at age 12 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He got involved in cycling after first trying swimming and football. He took up mountain bike as part of a team called Eco Sprint before moving on to road cycling. "I love riding my bike." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; deceuninck-quickstep.com, 01 Jan 2021; jornaldenegocios.pt, 25 Oct 2020)

To win a Grand Tour, a major classic race, or gold at the world championships. (rtp.pt, 09 Nov 2020)

Wearing the leader's pink jersey for 15 days during the 2020 Giro d'Italia. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

British cyclist Chris Froome. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

"Never give up, I can always suffer a little bit more. There is always something left until there isn't." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)