Remco Evenepoel vows to work for João Almeida in the final week of the Giro d'Italia 2021

The Belgian lost 24 minutes as his Portuguese team-mate moved into 10th overall

João Almeida, Hugh Carthy and a distant Giulio Ciccone battle on the Passo Giau at the Giro d'Italia 2021
João Almeida, Hugh Carthy and a distant Giulio Ciccone battle on the Passo Giau at the Giro d'Italia 2021
(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Remco Evenepoel has said that he will work for his team-mate João Almeida in the final week of the Giro d'Italia 2021, after he lost 24 minutes on stage 16 of the race with Almeida moving up to 10th overall.

Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) lost a hefty chunk of time on the first mountain stage to Sestola right at the start of the race, but has slowly been improving as the race went on seeing him rise through the general classification.

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