US EditionDel Toro becomes first Mexican to lead Giro d'Italia, Van Aert wins dusty stage
- On Sunday in Siena, Wout Van Aert claimed victory in the ninth leg of the Giro d'Italia, while Isaac del Toro took over the race leader's position.
- The stage included 181 kilometers from Gubbio to Siena with gravel roads similar to Strade Bianche, causing a major classification shake-up.
- Van Aert and Del Toro attacked from a small group with 15 kilometers to go, battling in a sprint up the final 600 meters where Van Aert edged out Del Toro.
- Del Toro, 21 and riding for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, took the pink jersey with a 1:13 lead over Juan Ayuso, while pre-race favorite Primoz Roglic dropped to 10th after a crash and puncture.
- Stage 10, a 28.6-kilometer individual time trial between Lucca and Pisa, will follow Monday's rest day and may affect the general classification further.
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The Giro Is Discovered on the Roads of Siena Before Isaac Del Toro, First Mexican Cyclist in ‘Maglia’ Pink
As the Marquis said, masochism only balances with a bit of sadism, and the fans think that the black clouds that gather on top of the autumn and green hills of spring in Tuscany, the erect cypresses that watch the roads, should begin to unload, make dust mud and the poor monogoth runners condemned to be heroes thrown in the midst of sweet laments alone with their forces against the apocalypse, but on the black darkness, as a spirit emerged from …
Glory to Del Toro, a Hell of a Roglic
A cloud of dust envelops the platoon as if it were dense fog at night in London. It is intuited what happens by instinct on the roads of white dirt road of Siena, an idyllic place in Italy that hosts every year the Strade Bianche . A simulation of the exceptional race is lived in the Giro. And it is necessary to count profits and losses because the sand roads are more decisive than any port. It is the day of the Mexican Isaac del Toro, partner o…
A Completed Trilogy that Ended Nine Months of Jujum: Wout Van Aert Wins the 9th Stage of the Giro
The Belgian cyclist won the 9th stage of the Giro and joined the triumph of those who had already arrived in the Tour and Volta in Spain. Isaac del Toro was the second, the new leader and the first Mexican to wear roses.
Del Toro Shines in the Hell of the 'Sterrate' and Opposes the Throne of the Giro
The Mexican, Gregario de Ayuso, took advantage of a fall of his opponents to star in a phenomenal getaway with Van Aert. The Belgian won in Siena and the Spanish lost more than a minute Read
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