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Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
‘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
ABC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Richard Carapaz wins stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia, update on Jai Hindley injury
Luke Plapp's bid in a breakaway to earn his second win at the Giro d'Italia has fallen short as former champion Richard Carapaz announced himself as a contender for the 2025 crown with a terrific late burst to capture the stage 11 honours. Australian time trial champ Plapp, still on a high after his terrific solo victory on Saturday's eighth stage, was this time at the heart of Wednesday's five-man breakaway that looked set to contest the stage win after battling across the fiendish Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20 per cent. That was before points leader Mads Pedersen shook the sleeping peloton into life, leading a riveting pursuit and enabling them to catch the quintet on the final slopes of the third arduous climb of the challenging 186km route, from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti. Then the Ecuadorian grand tour thoroughbred Carapaz familiarly stole the show, powering away over the last nine kilometres after an explosive surge to take a solo victory by 10 seconds from the race leader Isaac del Toro, who won a sprint to the line for second to pad out his overall advantage with bonus seconds. The young Mexican del Toro is now 31 seconds ahead of his UAE Team Emirates colleague Juan Ayuso at the head of the general classification. The rest of the main GC contenders came home safely, with Primoz Roglic fifth, 1:24 behind, and top Australian hope Michael Storer 14th at 3:20 down. But former Olympic champion Carapaz's victory reminded everyone that he is still a real threat at just 1:56 behind in sixth place. "So this is very, very special for me, and extremely exciting as well, great work. "And I want to dedicate it to my family and to my son. It's his birthday today." There was good news about the recovery of Jai Hindley, the 2022 Giro champion, who was forced to abandon after a crash on stage six. Aussie cycling great Robbie McEwen reported on Euros-port: "Jai had a light concussion, but he's feeling okay. "He told me his injury is to a transverse process (one of the bony projections by the side of a vertebra) and he's got a very sore back, but he hopes to be back on the horse ASAP." AAP
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Giro d'Italia: Richard Carapaz solos to stage 11 win as Del Toro stays in pink
Richard Carapaz won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday with a solo ride in the last nine kilometres, the leader Isaac del Toro finishing second in a sprint to the line, 10 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. The stage was a challenging 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti which had the most punishing sector on the Giro this year – the Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20%. Although a breakaway group led by nearly a minute with 15km to go, EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz left the peloton behind and attacked to reel them in, overtaking them with nine km left. The Ecuadorian powered to the finish with a lead of 18 seconds in the final kilometre while Del Toro led the chasers, beating Giulio Ciccone who completed the podium. Del Toro retained the pink jersey while his UAE Team Emirates teammate Juan Ayuso is in second place in the general classification. This report will update shortly
CNA
21-05-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Carapaz solos to Giro stage 11 win, Del Toro stays in pink
Richard Carapaz won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday with a solo ride in the last nine kilometres and leader Isaac Del Toro came second in a sprint to the line, finishing 10 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. The stage was a challenging 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti which had the most punishing sector on the Giro this year - the Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20 per cent. Although a breakaway group led by nearly a minute with 15km to go, EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz left the peloton behind and attacked to reel them in, overtaking them with nine km left. The Ecuadorean powered to the finish with a lead of 18 seconds in the final kilometre while Del Toro led the chasers, beating Giulio Ciccone who completed the podium. Del Toro retained the pink jersey while his UAE Team Emirates team mate Juan Ayuso is in second place in the general classification.
Reuters
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Carapaz solos to Giro stage 11 win, Del Toro stays in pink
May 21 (Reuters) - Richard Carapaz won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday with a solo ride in the last nine kilometres and leader Isaac Del Toro came second in a sprint to the line, finishing 10 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. The stage was a challenging 186km ride from Viareggio to Castelnovo ne' Monti which had the most punishing sector on the Giro this year -- the Alpe San Pellegrino climb with gradients of around 20%. Although a breakaway group led by nearly a minute with 15km to go, EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz left the peloton behind and attacked to reel them in, overtaking them with nine km left. The Ecuadorean powered to the finish with a lead of 18 seconds in the final kilometre while Del Toro led the chasers, beating Giulio Ciccone who completed the podium. Del Toro retained the pink jersey while his UAE Team Emirates team mate Juan Ayuso is in second place in the general classification.
