Del Toro 'Proud and Happy' Despite Relinquishing Giro Lead to Yates
- Isaac del Toro lost the Giro d'Italia pink jersey to Simon Yates on the penultimate stage after leading since stage nine.
- Yates secured the race lead by launching his fourth offensive move during the ascent of Colle delle Finestre, capitalizing on the strategic indecision between del Toro and Richard Carapaz.
- Del Toro, a young and inexperienced UAE Team Emirates rider, did not counterattack, acknowledging Yates' timing and Carapaz's refusal to follow the move.
- Del Toro expressed satisfaction with securing second place and highlighted his sense of pride and growth, despite losing the pink jersey after the challenging one-hour ascent.
- Yates entered the final flat stage in Rome with a nearly four-minute advantage, while Carapaz dropped to third, reflecting the tactical complexities that shaped the race outcome.
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The 108th Giro d'Italia ends today with a parade of champions in Rome. The most attention will be drawn to Britain's Simon Yates, who wore the pink jersey and "undressed" del Toro in spectacular fashion yesterday and turned the race in his favor after attacking Finestre.
As unlikely as a rose-dressed charro is a world elite mountain climber from the dry plains of Ensenada, a region lacking some respectable hill. Isaac del Toro is an oxymoron, a fierce surname with a fine and gentle face, an athlete suddenly turned into a sports idol of a sport that in Mexico is hardly followed; a country in which cyclists do not generate journalistic mentions, except in the red note of road accidents. Continue reading
Disappointment. That is the word that left Isaac del Toro's lips behind after losing the "pink maglia" of leader of the Giro de Italia this morning before the British Simon Yates. Who is already the best Mexican road cyclist in history did not hide his disenchantment for not arriving in pink on Sunday to Rome, closing the Giro, but he did occupy the second place on the podium of the General. However and despite the fact that the performance of h…
Del Toro 'proud and happy' despite relinquishing Giro lead to Yates
Isaac del Toro said he had no regrets over losing the Giro d'Italia's pink jersey on the penultimate stage on Saturday, with the young UAE Team Emirates rider happy to have shown that he can compete with the elite in the future.Del Toro emerged as the surprise overall leader on stage nine when he took the pin

Isaac del Toro lost the 'pink maglia' in pen final stage and finished behind Simon Yates, who is the virtual champion of the Giro de Italia.
Arturo LópezAlong the way, Isaac del Toro Romero (27 November 2003) has not given up.The experts had already come to him, they had looked at him because it was a promise to be the protagonist of the great cycling dates.And so it was, the Mexican was the sensation, historical and touched the glory of the Giro de Italia 2025 at the age of 21. - YOU CAN INTEREST: Isaac del Toro explained the gesture he made in the Giro The native of Ensenada Califo…
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