'The secret is waiting' - Ruben Guerreiro conquers 'wall' in desert at Saudi Tour with poker skills

The Portuguese rider, new to Movistar this year, played the game right to take victory and probably the general classification

Ruben Guerreiro
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Poker is a game of both luck and skill, one which forces its players to gamble on what their opponents have, while at the same time using their own knowledge to have a go, or sit back.

It is hardly the kind of thing that you would associate with cycling at its most anaerobic, as it was when stage four of the Saudi Tour headed up to the Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid on Thursday afternoon. The man who won the card game, however, Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) was keen to stress that it was just like poker.

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