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Del Toro takes it easy as Denz wins with solo breakaway
Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50. Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50. Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50. Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50.
West Australian
3 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
Del Toro takes it easy as Denz wins with solo breakaway
Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50.
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Del Toro takes it easy as Denz wins with solo breakaway
Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Del Toro takes it easy as Denz wins with solo breakaway
Overall leader Isaac Del Toro has had a chance to take it relatively easy during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia, which was won by German rider Nico Denz with a solo breakaway. Del Toro, the first Mexican rider to wear the pink jersey, finished safely in the main pack following the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno, which featured three minor climbs early on before a relatively flat finale. It will likely be much tougher for the 21-year-old Del Toro over the next two days, with gruelling back-to-back mountain stages before the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome on Sunday. Del Toro said: "I don't know what the situation will be. I cannot predict the future. But, of course, if I can be with the GC (general classification) riders, and more or less everything in control for the team, I will be happy enough. I hope to be mentally ready." 🥇 @nicodenz wins in Cesano Maderno! #GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 29, 2025 Del Toro maintained his advantage of 41 seconds ahead of 2019 champion Richard Carapaz and 51 seconds ahead of British rider Simon Yates. Denz was part of a breakaway group of 11 riders - which included Australia's Alexander Edmondson (Picnic PostNL) - and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider attacked with 11km to go on the final flat section of the stage. The 31-year-old outfoxed the group and held a 32-second lead with five kilometres left, blowing kisses to the fans lined up along the final stretch and looking back to see no rider behind him. By the time he crossed the finish line with his arms outstretched, he had finished a minute ahead of the chasing pack for the third Giro stage win of his career. Edmondson finished the stage in fifth place, one minute and one second behind Denz, but is 142nd overall. Victory allowed Denz's team to salvage something from this year's Giro as they celebrated a first stage win after they had seen pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic abandon the race on Tuesday following a crash on stage 16. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro. Losing Jai Hindley early then the whole team, staff included, was fully committed to help Primoz Roglic win the Giro. We spent two months in altitude for that," Denz said. "I was three months away from home to prepare for the Giro. A dream was lost when we lost Primoz. We've thought all this hard work was for nothing. Luckily things turned around." Juan Ayuso, Del Toro's UAE Emirates teammate, abandoned the race early on in the stage after struggling for days. Considered a pre-race favorite, Ayuso stood 26th, nearly 50 minutes behind Del Toro, and was battling through knee pain and a bee sting. "Obviously this is not how I wanted my Giro to end but some things are out of my control," Ayuso said in a team statement. "I wish the guys all the best and hope Isaac can keep pink all the way to Rome." Australia's hopes had been hampered on Wednesday by the withdrawal of Jayco AlUla's Luke Plapp and the fading of the fancied Michael Storer (Tudor) who drifted back to 10th place. Storer remains the leading Aussie, still 10th and seven minutes and 46 seconds behind the leader in the GC. Chris Harper (28th) and Daniel Howson (42nd) are the only other Australians in the top 50.
The Guardian
23-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Giro d'Italia: unstoppable Pedersen pips Van Aert in uphill sprint on stage 13
Mads Pedersen won his fourth stage of this year's Giro d'Italia when he sprinted to victory on Friday's stage 13, beating Wout van Aert to the line while Isaac del Toro maintained his overall lead to retain the pink jersey. As the riders neared the finish of the 180km ride from Rovigo to Vicenza, Pedersen was fourth when he launched his bid for victory on the uphill sprint as Van Aert stayed close on his wheel. Del Toro had done well to earn bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint but the 21-year-old did not have the legs to challenge the sprint heavyweights as he settled for third, leaving Pedersen and Van Aert to battle it out for victory. Ultimately, it was Pedersen who powered through to the finish and take the win by less than a bike's length, even as Van Aert tried his best to make a last-ditch lunge to overtake him. 'What an incredible Giro this is. Timing my effort was dictated by instinct. I had to open up on the right side close to the barriers. So I went a bit earlier than I wanted to,' Pedersen said. 'On such a hard day and a finale like this, everyone has burning legs in the finale. It was definitely nice to have seen it before. I'm happy with this win and adding another 50 points for the maglia ciclamino (purple jersey). I'm overwhelmed with winning again.' On a stage with several breakaways that did not come to fruition, it was Romain Bardet of Picnic-PostNL who looked for the win when he attacked on the twisting and turning downhill section near the end. He was joined by Lidl-Trek's Mathias Vacek as the pair stormed into a 17-second lead with four kilometres left. But two kilometres later, that lead was cut to 10 seconds and they could not keep the chasers at bay with less than a kilometre left on the final climb, as the Alpecin-Deceuninck team led the charge. 'We first tried to win the stage with Mathias Vacek. He deserves to get his chance too,' Pedersen added. 'If there was a hesitation in the peloton, Romain Bardet and him would have had the possibility to win. It was ideal, I could sit behind and let other teams work.' That was when Pedersen accelerated to beat Van Aert while Del Toro finished third, two seconds behind after nearly four hours of racing. However, Del Toro now leads his UAE Team Emirates teammate Juan Ayuso by 38 seconds in the general classification while Antonio Tiberi of Bahrain Victorious is one minute and 18 seconds behind.
