João Almeida (cyclist)

João Almeida
	Almeida at the 2020 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full name	João Pedro Gonçalves Almeida
Nickname	Bota Lume; A Pantera (The Panther)
Born	5 August 1998 (age 23); Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team	Quick-Step–Alpha Vinyl
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2013	Ecosprint–BTT Caldas
2014	CC José Maria Nicolau
2015	Sicasal–Liberty Seguros–Bombarralense
2016	CC Bairrada
Professional teams
2017	Unieuro Trevigiani–Hemus 1896
2018–2019	Hagens Berman Axeon
2020–2021	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2022–	UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
	Stage races Tour de Pologne (2021) Tour de Luxembourg (2021) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2021)

João Pedro Gonçalves Almeida (pronounced [ʒuˈɐ̃w aɫˈmɐjdɐ]; born 5 August 1998 in Caldas da Rainha) is a Portuguese cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step–Alpha Vinyl.^[5]

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia, his first ever Grand Tour race.^[6] Almeida wore the Giro's leaders jersey for 15 consecutive days, from stage 4 to stage 18, the most ever by an under-23 rider. He went on to eventually finish 4th overall, the highest placing by a Portuguese rider. In August 2021, Almeida signed a 5-year contract with UAE Team Emirates starting on 2022.^[7]

Major results[]

2015

2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2016

National Junior Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

2017

3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships

4th Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo

1st Stage 2

4th Overall Tour of Ankara

8th Overall Tour of Mersin

1st Stage 3

9th Overall Tour of Ukraine

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 4

2018

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

National Under–23 Road Championships

2nd Road race

2nd Time trial

2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1st

Young rider classification

5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

1st

Young rider classification

7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

2019

National Under–23 Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

4th Overall Tour of Utah

1st

Young rider classification

2020

2nd Giro dell'Emilia

3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 1b (TTT)

3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos

4th Overall Giro d'Italia

Held

&

after Stages 3–17

7th Overall Tour de l'Ain

1st

Young rider classification

9th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2021

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Tour de Pologne

1st

Sprints classification

1st Stages 2 & 4

1st

Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1st

Points classification

1st

Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

2nd Giro dell'Emilia

3rd Overall UAE Tour

3rd Milano–Torino

6th Overall Giro d'Italia

6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

7th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st

Young rider classification

10th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

General classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	2020	2021
Grand Tour general classification results
Giro d'Italia	4	6
Tour de France	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—
Major stage race general classification results
Race	2020	2021
Paris–Nice	—	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	6
Volta a Catalunya	NH	7
Tour of the Basque Country		—
Tour de Romandie		—
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—
Tour de Suisse	NH	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Major championships results timeline[]

Event		2020	2021
Olympic Games	Road race	NH	13
Olympic Games	Time trial	NH	16
World Championships	Road race	—	47
World Championships	Time trial	—	—
European Championships	Road race	—	14
European Championships	Time Trial	—	10
National Championships	Road race	—	20
National Championships	Time trial	—	1

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
NH	Not Held

References[]

^ "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018. The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands.
^ "Almeida João". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "Joao Almeida signs five-year deal at UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ August 2021, Cyclingnews 06 (6 August 2021). "Joao Almeida signs five-year deal at UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com.

External links[]

João Almeida at ProCyclingStats

[1] "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018. The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands.

[2] "Almeida João". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[3] Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[4] "Joao Almeida signs five-year deal at UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[5] "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[6] "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[7] August 2021, Cyclingnews 06 (6 August 2021). "Joao Almeida signs five-year deal at UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com.

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2000–2019	Piotr Przydział (2000) Ondřej Sosenka (2001) Laurent Brochard (2002) Cezary Zamana (2003) Ondřej Sosenka (2004) Kim Kirchen (2005) Stefan Schumacher (2006) Johan Vansummeren (2007) Jens Voigt (2008) Alessandro Ballan (2009) Dan Martin (2010) Peter Sagan (2011) Moreno Moser (2012) Pieter Weening (2013) Rafał Majka (2014) Ion Izagirre (2015) Tim Wellens (2016) Dylan Teuns (2017) Michał Kwiatkowski (2018) Pavel Sivakov (2019)
2020–2039	Remco Evenepoel (2020) João Almeida (2021)