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The Star
5 days ago
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- The Star
Cycling-Del Toro 'proud and happy' despite relinquishing Giro lead to Yates
Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 20 - Verres to Sestriere - Italy - May 31, 2025 UAE Team Emirates's Isaac Del Toro wearing the maglia rosa jersey crosses the finish line during stage 20 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini (Reuters) -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 pink jersey and kept it for 10 more stages before Simon Yates snatched it from him on the final mountain stage. Yates launched a stunning attack on the Colle delle Finestre climb to leave Del Toro and fellow GC contender Richard Carapaz far behind, taking the pink jersey to lead by nearly four minutes heading into Sunday's final flat stage in Rome. "Obviously I am super happy to finish second, I need to be mature with this and, of course, a lot of people are surprised that I can be at this level now," said Del Toro, who was back in his team's white jersey. "For my team, it's not a big surprise, it's just a question of time. I want to believe it, this is the main problem for me personally, but this week I show I can be a top rider and top contender and I cannot be more proud and happy, to be honest. "For sure it's always disappointing to lose the leader's jersey, but actually as a team we cannot be more together and more happy about the performance that we did. We cannot manage a victory, but... it's cycling and that's why we love it." Del Toro led Yates by more than a minute ahead of Saturday's stage. Yet the inexperienced Mexican did not go after Yates when the Briton launched his fourth attack that eventually gave him the overall lead. Del Toro had been glued to Carapaz's wheel but even the Ecuadorian rider showed no intent to chase down Yates. "You don't want to just start attacking because it's a one-hour climb and when Simon comes, I knew he will just wait for the best moment to start to attack," Del Toro added. "Of course, if I'm first and Simon is third, Richard needs to follow. And then he didn't want to follow, he just wanted to maybe try to drop me during the whole climb. But then of course he can't. "I tried to work with him in the last part of the climb because the gap that Simon has, it almost affects my GC (lead) and he didn't want to... We waited for the team and we managed the best that we can." (Reporting by Rohith Nair in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Van Uden wins sprint as Pedersen retains race lead
Casper van Uden claimed his first Grand Tour stage win by sprinting to victory in the Giro d'Italia. The Dutchman held off compatriots Olav Kooij and Maikel Zijlaard to claim the victory in a chaotic finish to stage four in Lecce. Mads Pedersen, who won stages one and three, finished fourth and retains the leader's pink jersey. However, the 29-year-old's lead over Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Primoz Roglic has been cut by two seconds, with the Slovenian now seven seconds off first place. Pedersen's Lidl-Trek team-mate Mathias Vacek is a further seven seconds back in third. The Giro d'Italia's race for pink is anyone's guess Stage four marked the first day of racing in Italy following three days in Albania and Monday's rest day. Spain's Francisco Munoz spent 140km off the front after making an early solo breakaway and led by more than four minutes before being reeled back in with 55km to go in a race controlled by the sprint teams. Race leader Pedersen was forced to chase back to catch the peloton after being caught up in a crash, alongside team-mate Soren Kragh Andersen, with 22km to go. On a Lecce circuit full of bottleneck turns, van Uden's Picnic PostNL team pinched the lead from Alpecin-Deceuninck, riding for Kaden Groves, in the final kilometre, before the 23-year-old opened up a long sprint to victory. "I didn't do it alone. I did it with the whole team," van Uden said. "I didn't have to take any wind until 200m to go. "I know I have a good long sprint, so I went for it and hoped for the best." In the general classification, Isaac del Toro leapfrogged Juan Ayuso into fifth place. Great Britain's Max Poole remains seventh, 33 seconds behind Pedersen. Wednesday's stage five is a 151km hilly stage from Ceglie Messapica to Matera. Casper Van Uden (Picnic PostNL) - 4hrs 2mins 21secs Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) - same time Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor Pro Cycling) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) Max Kanter (XDS Astana) Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 11hrs 44mins 31secs Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +7secs Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +14secs Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +21secs Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +22secs Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +25secs Max Poole (GB/Team Picnic PostNL) +33secs Antonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +34secs Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling Team) +36secs Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +40secs
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Pedersen wins stage three to reclaim Giro lead
Mads Pedersen reclaimed the leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia by sprinting to victory on stage three. The Dane, who won the opening stage, held off Corbin Strong to claim his second victory of the race in Vlore, Albania. By claiming 10 bonus seconds for the win, Pedersen moved back ahead of overnight leader Primoz Roglic, who finished safely in the bunch. Pedersen, 29, now leads Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe rider Roglic by nine seconds in the general classification, with his Lidl-Trek team-mate Mathias Vacek five seconds further back in third. Earlier in the stage, Intermarche-Wanty rider Dion Smith managed to stay upright despite being clipped by a mountain goat running across the road. The Giro d'Italia's race for pink is anyone's guess Pedersen wins Giro opener as Landa fractures back Pedersen's win capped off a fine ride by his Lidl-Trek team as they controlled the peloton, preventing any decisive attacks on the last climb and reeling in the breakaway. The former world champion was well positioned in the home straight, kicking early and displaying impressive power to hold off the charge of New Zealand's Strong. "Everyone in the team just did a super amazing job on the climb," said Pedersen. "To have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted." Slovenia's Roglic, who won the 2023 Giro, will not be fazed by losing the overall lead at this point, with 18 stages to come and less pressure now on his team to defend the jersey. His nearest main title rival, Spain's Juan Ayoso is 16 seconds back on Roglic in fifth overall. Britain's Max Poole is currently seventh, 33 seconds down on Pedersen. Pedersen will be targeting a third stage win when the race resumes in Italy following Monday's rest day. Tuesday's stage four is a 189km flat stage for the sprinters from Alberobello to Lecce. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 3hrs 49mins 47secs Corbin Strong (NZ/Israel-Premier Tech) Same time Orluis Aular (Ven/Movistar) Brandon Rivera (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) Edoardo Zambanini (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) Stefano Oldani (Ita/Cofidis) Andrea Vendrame (Ita/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) Filippo Fiorelli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) Christian Scaroni (Ita/XDS-Astana) Davide de Pretto (Ita/Team Jayco–AlUla) Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 7hrs 42mins 10 secs Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +9secs Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +14secs Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +21secs Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +25secs Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +26secs Max Poole (GB/Team Picnic PostNL) +33secs Antonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +34secs Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling Team) +36secs Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +40secs
