Isaac Del Toro, a 21 -year -old from Ensenada, Baja California, has become the first cyclist in Mexico to direct the Giro d’Italia, one of the three most prestigious events in cycling, with the Tour de France and the Vuelta A España.
Although Del Toro finished second behind the Belgian star Wout Van Aert in the Sunday race, he now has enough global points to wear the emblematic pink jersey in Tuesday.
The pink jersey, or Pink jersey, is still carried by the general leader of the race at the start of this day. On Monday was one day of rest, one of the two during the three -week race.
“I cried with happiness”, bull Said after the 181 -kilometer scene from Sunday from Gubbio to Siena, which included 30 kilometers on the Gravel roads of the Tuscan countryside, where threats of tire perforation and accidents abound. “It’s incredible, a very beautiful feeling. I can’t even grasp it completely. ”
Del Toro, who is in the second year of a three -year contract as a professional rider for the Emirates XRG water team, has a 73 -second advance on his teammate Juan Ayuso in Spain, with Antonio Tiberi in Italy, third 90 seconds.
Italia’s Giro is a 21-step race extending over 3,500 kilometers that test the runners through flat scenes, mountain climbs and time trial. It will end in Rome on June 1.
Although the Emirates XRG water team has four runners in the top 10, the Rontée de Del Toro at the top of the ranking was a surprise. He has no major victories as a pro, but in 2023, he became the first Mexican to win France’s tour of the future, A race for amateurs covering a large part of the route of the Tour de France.
The Giro will resume Tuesday with step 10 – A 28.6 -kilometer race covering a flat road from Lucca to Pisa which will be an individual speed test.
The short and flat scene – the second and last time trial of this year – should have a significant impact on the general classification, in particular for suitors, such as Primož Roglič favorite of Slovenia, which seeks to catch up.
Roglič, winner of Giro d’Italia in 2023 and quadruple winner of the Vuelta A España, crashed on the gravel on Sunday and fell to 10th in the general classification, 145 seconds behind Del Toro.
Although there is no television coverage in Mexico, the Italia Giro can be seen on Max in the United States and on the Flobikes streaming service in Canada.
Stage 9 of Sunday in Tuscany was a battle of two men full of drama on arrival.
Belgium Van Aert, 30, triple winner of the scene in the Tour de France, depressed the young Del Toro in last meter on Siena Piazza del Campo.
Del Toro’s breakthrough in his first Giro resonates in Mexico, where cycling has no great tradition. Races of three weeks of three weeks such as the Tour de France (launched in 1903) and the Giro d’Italia (1909) are considered as the most prestigious and difficult events of cycling on the road.
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In the past, Mexico has organized professional races, such as Return of the Mexican cyclist (Tour du Mexico), which started in 1948 and was relaunched from 2008 to 2015.
Later this year, Mexico should host Mexico by the return, A cycle tourist event. He will offer amateurs the opportunity to browse routes designed to evoke the spirit of the famous Vuelta a España, sometimes along the famous cyclists.
With reports from Associated Press,, The financier,, Cycling news And However
