João Almeida

UAE Emirates-XRG confirms powerhouse backing band for Pogačar's quest for a fourth yellow jersey: 'I’m ready to give everything.'

Power data reveals who’s really ready for the 2025 Tour de France. Pogačar leads, but his direct rivals are refusing to buckle.

João Almeida climbs the Tour de France power rankings after an impressive Tour de Suisse comeback confirms his podium possibilities.

Almeida overcomes huge deficit to win big Tour de France warmup race, but others also have reason to smile.

Tour de Hoody: Pogacar’s Dauphiné domination scrambles the Tour de France pecking order. Now it's not if he will win, but rather by how much.

Vollering, Thomas, Niewiadoma, Powless headline Tour de France primers as officials roll out long-sought safety feature: 'We can fly to the moon, but we don’t know where a cyclist is.'

Evenepoel bounces back from Liège disappointment, Almedia deposes race leader Martinez in race against the clock.

Son of Olympic legend Miguel Martinez suffers under Almeida’s pace but then shows more speed in uphill dash to line.

Portuguese star outsprints Enric Mas to secure GC win and continue UAE Team’s dominance this season.

Two former alpha sprinters continue to return to form in 2025 with wins in Basque Country, Pays de la Loire.

Defending champion Jorgenson cedes yellow to Visma teammate in frigid, bracing cold: 'I didn’t have a good feeling at all on the final climb.'

Filippo Ganna blows away Juan Ayuso with 56kph TT in warning shot ahead of San Remo, Roubaix.

Vingegaard narrowly prevented a UAE grand slam last week, but peloton prankster Pogačar and his kindergarten of future crushers made the dominance 'acceptable.'

Vingegaard leapfrogs three UAE riders for Volta ao Algarve victory, Van Aert hits form with second-place finish, Roglič 'still with work to do' after quiet start to the season.

UAE slots 3 into top-10 to derail the hyped ‘Big 2’ duel between Vingegaard and Roglič in key Volta ao Algarve mountain finale.

Opinion: The 'super team' stanglehold on grand tour racing means only superdomestiques have a chance at breaking the Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Roglič lockout.

It’s a lot more than just Pogačar: Ayuso and Yates target Giro and aim to avoid their ambitions getting lost in talent-stacked super team.

UAE's haul included three stage wins, the King of the Mountains jersey, the most combative rider prize, the team classification victory, and a top-10.

Reports that Mexican phenom Isaac del Toro is infected with COVID is latest in what's been a brutal, over-the-top Vuelta a España.

Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz on the up, but it’s a much tougher day for three key riders.

The high-profile departure will push Isaac del Toro into a leadership role as the team's hopes of a 'grand tour sweep' look finished.

The Portuguese rider slipped out of a virtual podium spot while defending champion Kuss ceded another minute: 'I got held up by the crash.'

Race leader O’Connor cracks on Vuelta's third summit finish, Almeida plummets down GC while Roglič, Mas make gains.

Rivals admit major setback at Vuelta a España after O’Connor seizes race lead: 'Five teams pulling, and he took time on all of us.'

First of nine summit finishes leaves Vuelta GC scrambled and far from certain: 'There's still a lot of Vuelta left. Nothing is lost.'

With McNulty's red jersey Saturday, the team has now claimed 40 grand tour leader's jerseys out of 43 days of racing so far in 2024.

Analysis: The absence of the Tour de France dominators creates a power vacuum at the top of a wide-open classification pack that should bring wild, dynamic racing.

Analysis: UAE's never won a grand tour without Pogačar. Now the team is poised to complete the 'grand tour sweep' if one of its stars comes up aces.

Can Sepp Kuss strike twice? A wildly unpredictable GC field and a mass of mountaintop finishes will determine his title defense.

No Pogačar or Ayuso for season dominators, but heavyweight team including a fleet of top climbers and Mexican prodigy Del Toro will line out as favorites.

'I would be disappointed with 4th:' Remco Evenepoel pivots to fight for Tour de France podium after proving his worth in Pyrénées.

Pogačar tamps down any hint of drama between his two ambitious UAE teammates Ayuso and Almeida: 'We all know why we are here.'

Yates, Almeida, Ayuso confirmed superdomestiques; Slovenian sensation leaves altitude camp early due to death in family.

Team director keeps superdomestiques on a leash after Yates, Almeida dominate in Suisse: ‘We have a team of rock stars, but they believe in Tadej as the leader'

#GCKuss redux? Superstar teammates like Kuss, Yates, Jorgenson stand better chances at the Tour podium than some of the beat-up 'Big 4'.

American rider Matthew Riccitello continues to impress with strong TT performance and fifth place overall.

Adam Yates says he asked teammate Almeida for stage victory on Saturday.

American rider Matteo Riccitello takes fine third on stage and improves in overall standings.

Breaking down what we've learned through the first six stages of the key Tour de France tune-up event.

UAE Emirates teammates make another statement in wild and wacky 42km stage as 'Team Pog' tunes up for Le Tour, Riccitello hangs tough with the GC pack.

Tadej Pogačar’s Tour de France superdomestiques Yates, Almeida go 1-2 on Cat.1 summit finish of Tour de Suisse, Bernal and U.S. sensation Riccitello impress.

Yates and UAE are now firmly in control, with the next four stages stacked up across the Swiss Alps: 'The whole week is going to be super hard.'

Egan Bernal, Tom Pidcock, Adam Yates and more to blitz climbs, while Mark Cavendish chases sprint win.

'Yates is my righthand man, Ayuso and Almeida are super climbing domestiques': Pogačar sees world-class support for Giro-Tour double bid.

UAE Team Emirates rider ends Volta a Catalunya with biggest winning margin in 41 years.

UAE will load up all of its firepower behind Tadej Pogačar after he races the Giro d'Italia for the first time in ambitious calendar with Olympics, worlds also on his docket.

Ayuso, Almeida, and Soler vow to fight on.

Evenepoel hinted at partnership with Soler, Almeida, Ayuso – but UAE Emirates could prove just as much an enemy as a friend.

Follow all the pre-race news ahead of the opening Barcelona team time trial on Saturday 26.

The Vuelta boasts the strongest GC field of the season's grand tours – we pick the favorites, dark horses, and outsiders.

Tim Merlier wins final stage for second victory of the Tour as Mohorič beats back GC rival João Almeida in tense final day of racing.

Intermediate and finish-line time bonuses are in play in Friday's final stage to close out the Polish tour.

Cavendish kicks out of Gaviria's wheel for emotional win in his last Giro d'Italia stage before retirement.

All the headlines for the season's first grand tour at the Giro d'Italia from May 6-28.

Monte Lussari and its 22 percent ramps will play kingmaker as Thomas, Roglič, Almeida close in on blockbuster Giro finale.

The five-climb 'queen stage' across the heart of the Dolomites saved the best for last.

The long, flat downhill transition stage sets up the thrilling closing stages with the GC still wide open.

Primož Roglič loses 25 seconds in fight for pink jersey as GC battle heats up.

The Giro d'Italia is stuck in second gear, and the GC brakes might hold until this weekend. Someone is bound to break through, but who will it be?

The Giro GC is upside down, scrambled, and turned on its head, so what happens now? Our editors read the pink jersey tea leaves.

Evenepoel's COVID departure scrambles everything: Who will step up to fill the void?

Giro di Hoody: Don't worry, the best is yet to come in this Giro. The good stuff always happens in week 3 in the 'corsa rosa.'

Remco Evenepoel sets early benchmark by winning opening time trial by 22 seconds.

Filippo Ganna and Stefan Küng are favorites for victory, but GC contenders Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel might have something to stay.

Remco Evenepoel, Primož Roglič, or someone else? Our editorial team picks their favorites for the pink jersey.

The 2023 Giro will be about a lot more than just Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel: We dive into who might disrupt in the race for pink.

From Giro-bound Roglič and Geoghegan Hart to Van Aert and Van der Poel heading to Milan-San Remo, here's what the favorites revealed.

Marquee signings for new season both support Pogačar's Tour de France ambition and provide winning options all through the calendar.

'From the first race until the last, it’s about having a balanced line-up for the team,' says Joxean Fernández.

UAE Team Emirates pairing of João Almeida and Juan Ayuso say Remco Evenepoel is 'almost unbeatable' at the moment but there's a lot more to come at the Vuelta.

Exciting prospect Juan Ayuso to make his grand tour debut.

'It’s sad that Tadej can’t go there as I would have had a lot of pleasure racing with him,' says UAE Team Emirates rider.

This year's edition of the Spanish grand tour lives up to its climber's reputation with no less than eight summit finishes.

Ineos Grenadiers close out the final stage to seal overall title.

The Portuguese rider had sat fourth overall in the white jersey.

The 23-year-old Portuguese rider was poised in fourth overall in GC ahead of stage 18.

Bahrain Victorious wins the stage and positions Mikel Landa into a virtual spot on the podium going into the Giro's final decisive stages.

The UAE Team Emirates rider loses more than a minute to the top GC riders on stage 17 and slips off the virtual podium.

Richard Carapaz, Jai Hindley confirm status as two 'capi' of the Giro, Mikel Landa claws into podium range as João Almeida loses 1:10 on final climb.

UAE Team Emirates GC challenger loses 14 seconds to the pink jersey but holds onto third place.