Giro 2025, Isaac Del Toro enjoys the pink jersey and reveals a backstory
Although not particularly well suited to time trials, Isaac Del Toro managed to limit the damage in the Pisa time trial, finishing the stage with a 2’22” gap from the winner, Daan Hoole, but more importantly retaining the pink jersey, with 25″ over teammate (and, at least on paper, his captain) Juan Ayuso.
In the press conference, the young Mexican (also first in the classification that awards the white jersey) spoke both about his approach to Tuesday’s time trial and how he is experiencing these days of wearing the symbol of primacy. “It’s been a good day, I avoided taking too many risks in the corners that could have compromised my Giro” he began.
“The race is going perfectly for the team, there are many of us in the top positions and it will be up to our DSs to decide the strategy for the next few days. I would like to be able to win the Giro, but I will have to have exceptional legs, a bit like in Siena. It is not a problem to wake up with the pink jersey, I have a much harder time falling asleep” he added, revealing a backstory about these intense days of racing.
Aclass of 2003, at UAE Team Emirates XRG since 2024, Isaac Del Toro has already made a name for himself among the pros, winning this season, right in Italy, the Milan-Turin, beating his breakaway companion, Ben Tulett, in a sprint at the conclusion of the 174-kilometer race that took the riders all the way to the Superga pass.
