João Almeida “should be able” to start Saturday’s eighth stage of the Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates-XRG have said, after he crashed hard on stage seven in Mûr-de-Bretagne and fractured a rib.
It was a bittersweet day for the squad, who won the hilltop finish and reclaimed the yellow jersey through Tadej Pogačar, but were left worried about the condition of Almeida, after he returned to the team bus in a car – rather than descending by bike like the rest of the peloton.
