Lampre-Merida rider enjoying ཧhis time 𝔉in the rainbow bands
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World Champion Rui Costa (Lampre Merida)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
World champion Rui Costa (Lampr﷽💧e-Merida) resplendent in the rainbow jersey(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
World champion Rui Costa (Lampre-Meri🍸da) during t🍸he team's camp on Mallorca(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The rainbow jersey is both an honour to wear and a burden for each UCI World Champion, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lampre-Merida's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rui Costa has felt the pressur🤡e that comes along ♋with that title.
InCycle caught up with the Portuguese rider at the team's early-season camp in Mallorca. Costa talks about the cold and rainy race in Florence, Italy, where he beat Spaniard💙s Joaquim Rodriguez and Alejandro Valverde to win the rainbow jersܫey.
He also speaks about the 👍pressures of the jersey and h🧸ow well his new Lampre-Merida team has supported him so far.
Costa will line up for the Ardennes Classics this week, with his best possibility for a podium placing coming at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He is still looking for his first win in the rainbow jersey after a second♓ place overall at Paris-Nice and five sec🀅ond place stage finishes between Paris-Nice and the Volta ao Algarve.
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