{"id":13126,"date":"2025-07-21T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/13126\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:23:08","slug":"you-always-have-to-be-cautious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/13126\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou always have to be cautious”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UAE know better than anyone how quickly a race can unravel. They lost key domestique Jo\u00e3o Almeida<\/a> to a crash in the first week\u2014a reminder of how unexpected setbacks can strike. \u201cWe weren\u2019t that good before, and we\u2019re not that bad now,\u201d Matx\u00edn reflected. \u201cThese things happen in racing. The team we\u2019ve got here is spectacular. But if Pavel [Sivakov] falls ill, we have to weather those difficult moments\u2014just like we did with Almeida. Even so, the team is united and strong. I really value their commitment. They\u2019re all incredibly honest, and that\u2019s what I appreciate the most.\u201dMatx\u00edn also singled out Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez<\/a> for special praise. The Ecuadorian has been one of the standout performers in support of Poga\u010dar\u2014instrumental in the Muro de Bretagne stage win, and again delivering a powerful lead-out on the opening slopes of Hautacam. \u201cJonny is one of the best in the world when it comes to five-minute power efforts. But here, he\u2019s shown he can do more than that\u2014whether with Tadej or Mathieu van der Poel. He was crucial in both Hautacam and Muro de Bretagne. We brought him in for exactly that kind of job, but on Saturday he also adapted brilliantly to longer efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, things couldn\u2019t be going much better for UAE. Aside from Almeida\u2019s early exit, the team has racked up five stage victories\u2014four from Pogacar and a stunning solo triumph from Tim Wellens on Stage 15, after attacking from the breakaway with 43 km to go.<\/p>\n

With the yellow jersey firmly in their grasp, the Emirati outfit may not be done yet. As the final week begins, three or four more stage wins aren\u2019t out of the question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UAE know better than anyone how quickly a race can unravel. They lost key domestique Jo\u00e3o Almeida to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-13126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}