Almeida

[ahl-mey-duh]

noun

1. Francisco de 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.

Example Sentences

UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Joao Almeida, who is second in the general classification, took 10 seconds off the advantage of overall race leader Jonas Vingegaard.

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Almeida finished strongly to put time into Visma-Lease A Bike's Vingegaard and the Portuguese rider now sits 40 seconds behind the Dane with two competitive stages of racing remaining.

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Vingegaard was fourth, two seconds ahead of his main rival Joao Almeida, who is now 50 seconds adrift of the Dane in the GC race.

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Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard remains top of the general classification with Joao Almeida 48 seconds behind, while Great Britain's Tom Pidcock sits third.

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It was not all plain sailing for Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates, as the three-time champion's key lieutenant Joao Almeida abandoned the race as a result of injuries suffered on stage seven, with his absence likely to be felt in the mountains.

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