‘Riders suffered but I had great legs' — Richard Carapaz wins Giro stage 11
It pays to be Latin on the road to Rome (of the American sort, at least). Isaac del Toro, the precocious Mexican rider, remains in the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia after the 2019 champion, Richard Carapaz, won the 11th stage with a late solo attack.
The 31-year-old from Ecuador broke away with 9.1km left to bring an eighth daily triumph at a grand tour. It was his first win at any level since last year's Tour de France, where he found the 17th stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy to his liking en route to being anointed king of the mountains.
Wednesday's 186km route from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti featured a series of challenging climbs, including one at San Pellegrino in Alpe that
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