UAE Team Emirates show Giro d'Italia depth with three top-10 TT finishers

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) on stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia
João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) on stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

UAE Team Emirates' hopes of offering a powerful collective challenge to Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and the other Giro d’Italia GC contenders were boosted considerably on Saturday in the opening individual time trial. 

UAE came away with an excellent third place for João Almeida, who wore pink through 15 stages of the 2020 Giro d’Italia, as well as top ten finishes for teammates Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.