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BBC News
14 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Denz wins Giro stage 18 as Del Toro retains lead
Nico Denz claimed an impressive victory on stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia, while Isaac del Toro retained his overall leader's pink of Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe was part of an 11-rider breakaway before moving into the lead with 11km 31-year-old continued to extend his advantage in the latter stages of the 144km route from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno and crossed the line a minute before the chasing pack to seal his third Giro stage for the German was his team's first of this year's event after pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic had to abandon the race on Tuesday following his crash on stage 16. Team Polti Visit Malta's Italian Mirco Maestri finished second and Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian Edward Planckaert came third. "This is probably the most emotional of my victories at the Giro," Denz said. "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."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."With three stages remaining, Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG retained his 41-second overall lead over Richard Carapaz of EF Toro's team-mate Juan Ayuso, meanwhile, was forced to abandon the race after suffering an allergic reaction to a bee sting on stage Spaniard said he was advised by his doctor not to take part in Thursday's stage 18 but made the start line before having to withdraw after an to TNT Sports before the stage, Ayuso said: "It's been a couple of hard days. Yesterday, a bee went inside my helmet and I can't see out my right eye."The team doctor said it's best for me not to start, but I really want to try and give my best to be here for the team." Stage 18 results Nico Denz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) 3hrs 12mins 07 secsMirco Maestri (Ita/Team Polti VisitMalta) +1min 01secEdward Planckaert (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same timeFilippo Magli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) Same timeAlexander Edmondson (Aus/Team Picnic PostNL) Same timeDries de Bondt (Bel/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) Same timeDaan Hoole (Ned/Lidl-Trek) Same timeDavide De Pretto (Ita/Jayco Alula) Same timeNicola Conci (Ita/XDS Astana) Same timeLawrence Warbasse (US/Tudor Pro Cycling) Same time General classification after stage 18 Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 68hrs 56mins 32secsRichard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +41secsSimon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +51secsDerek Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) + +1min 57secsDamiano Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +3mins 06secsEgan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 43secsGiulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +5mins 02secsEiner Rubio (Col/Movistar) +6mins 09secsAdam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +7mins 45secsMichael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro Cycling) +7mins 46secs
New York Times
18 hours ago
- General
- New York Times
Juan Ayuso withdraws from Giro d'Italia after bee sting: ‘I can't see out my right eye'
Juan Ayuso has withdrawn from the Giro d'Italia after a bee sting left the 22-year-old struggling to see. 'Yesterday during the stage, I was stung by a wasp or a hornet, and people can see how my eye looks,' he told Eurosport ahead of Thursday's stage 18. 'I can't see out of my right eye. I'm here because I want to support the team. My team (UAE Team Emirates) told me not to start, but I wanted to at least try, to test myself in the first few kilometres.' Ayuso eventually pulled up and withdrew with around 110km remaining, having already been distanced by both the peloton and grupetto on the opening climb. Juan Ayuso abandona el Giro y se mete directo al coche del equipo.#GirodItalia — (@Eurosport_ES) May 29, 2025 The Spanish rider had also been suffering from a knee injury, having lost almost 50 minutes on the general classification (GC) over the past two days. This has been a chastening Giro for Ayuso, who entered the race with genuine hopes of overall victory — having told Spanish newspaper Marca that anything but a podium would be a disappointment. Advertisement After beating his rival GC contenders to win stage seven — a sharp climb to Tagliacozzo — Ayuso briefly appeared race favourite. However, Ayuso's 21-year-old teammate Isaac del Toro took the Maglia Rosa two days later, distancing his team leader on the white gravel roads of Tuscany. Ayuso needed three stitches on his knee after crashing, which he says has worsened throughout the race. The Spniard was definitely dropped by the peloton on the penultimate climb of stage 16, before riding with the grupetto the following day. Ayuso's withdrawal, given his injuries and lack of form over recent days, is unlikely to significantly affect Del Toro's chances of pink — the Mexican has strong climbing domestiques like Rafa Majka, Adam Yates, and American Brandon McNulty still in support. The Giro returns to the mountains on Friday, ahead of two decisive stages.
Straits Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Straits Times
Del Toro claims stage 17 win and extends Giro lead
Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 17 - San Michele all'Adige to Bormio - Italy - May 28, 2025 UAE Team Emirates's Isaac Del Toro celebrates as he crosses the finish line after stage 17 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 17 - San Michele all'Adige to Bormio - Italy - May 28, 2025 UAE Team Emirates's Isaac Del Toro celebrates as he crosses the finish line after stage 17 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 17 - San Michele all'Adige to Bormio - Italy - May 28, 2025 UAE Team Emirates's Isaac Del Toro celebrates as he crosses the finish line after stage 17 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG maintained his excellent form at the Giro d'Italia to win stage 17 with a perfectly-timed sprint on Wednesday, with the Mexican's first stage victory of the race allowing him to extend his lead in the overall standings. The 155-km route from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio was less punishing than Tuesday's stage 16, but featured two difficult climbs -- Passo del Tonale and Passo del Mortirolo -- with a total of 3,800 metres of elevation. Del Toro was the freshest man at the end of the final ascent and he broke away from Romain Bardet (Picnic-PostNL) and rival Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) with just over two km left. Bardet crossed the line four seconds after Del Toro, with Carapaz in third. Del Toro's spectacular effort breathed new life into his bid to win a first Grand Tour and assuaged any doubts that arose after the pink jersey holder saw his lead shrink in a chaotic stage 16 on Tuesday. "I imagined that I could win a stage with the maglia rosa. The Giro has been very good so far," the 21-year-old said after his win. "The fight for the podium is incredible. Today I realised that I will never give up. I will always try to win. I have nothing to lose. It wasn't any easier today than yesterday. With the team, we expected some attacks to take place on the Mortirolo. "We didn't want to let all the GC riders go. I went across to them and I took it easy a bit. I caught them in the descent. We had made this plan with the team that I would attack on the last small climb." Del Toro, who became only the second Mexican to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia after Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio in 2001 and 2002, now has a 41-second lead in the general classification. Ecuadorean Carapaz leapfrogged Simon Yates (Visma–Lease a Bike) into second place, with the Briton finishing the stage in fourth place, 15 seconds behind Del Toro. Earlier on Wednesday, Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) and stage-eight winner Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) both abandoned the Giro. After a string of mountainous stages, Thursday's stage 18 will be a largely flat 144-km ride from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Isaac del Toro extends Giro d'Italia lead after recovering to win stage 17
Mexico's Isaac del Toro won his first-ever Grand Tour stage after sensationally recovering from being dropped on the day's penultimate climb. It means the 21-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider extended his lead in the Giro d'Italia's general classification (GC) to 41 seconds over Richard Carapaz, who finished third on the stage. Advertisement Carapaz now sits second on GC, with Simon Yates dropping down to third at 51 seconds back. Stage 17 took the riders over the infamous Mortirolo climb — over 12km at a 7.6 per cent gradient — whose name derives from the Italian for 'dead'. The Mortirolo was crested at 48km from the finish, before a short, sharp ascent of Le Motte as the day's conclusion. Having lost significant time to Carapaz on Tuesday's stage, barely holding onto his Maglia Rosa, there were fears that Del Toro's lead may not last the day — which were heightened when he slipped off the back of the leading group with 1.5km of the Mortirolo remaining. Carapaz then attacked with 500m of the climb remaining, at one point opening up a 30-second gap on the peloton, but was hauled back on the descent. Del Toro then recovered sufficiently to launch his own attack with seven kilometres remaining, which only Carapaz had the legs to match. That move meant heartbreak for Romain Bardet, the veteran Frenchman riding his final Grand Tour, who had looked likely to survive the breakaway to collect what would have been a hugely popular final major stage win. He was joined by Del Toro and Carapaz with 5km remaining. Del Toro attacked at the crest of Le Motte with just over 1km remaining, bursting away from his rivals on the remaining downhill to cross the line alone. His subsequent bow to the crowd, having become the first Mexican to win a Giro stage since 2002, was so low that he almost fell off his bike. 'Today I realised that I will never give up,' said Del Toro at the stage conclusion. 'I had nothing to lose. Today was not easier than yesterday, but I had a better mentality.' If he holds his pink jersey to Rome, Del Toro will become the youngest winner of the Giro since the legendary Fausto Coppi in 1940 in what is his first Grand Tour. Thursday's sprint stage is unlikely to shape the GC battle, but Friday and Saturday will be decisive, particularly the ascent of the Colle delle Finestre towards the end of stage 20. (Photos: Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty Images)
The Guardian
2 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Isaac del Toro extends Giro d'Italia lead after winning stage 17
Isaac del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG maintained his excellent form at the Giro d'Italia to win stage 17 with a perfectly timed sprint on Wednesday, the Mexican's first stage victory helping him to extend his lead in the overall standings. The 155km route from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio was less punishing than stage 16 on Tuesday, but featured two difficult climbs at Passo del Tonale and Passo del Mortirolo, with a total of 3,800 metres of elevation. Del Toro was the freshest man at the end of the final ascent and he broke away from Romain Bardet (Picnic PostNL) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) with just over two km left. Bardet crossed the line three seconds after Del Toro, with Carapaz in third. After a string of mountainous stages, Thursday's stage 18 will be a largely flat 144km ride from Morbegno to Cesano Maderno.
