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SBS Australia
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
The Italian Redemption : Yates Turns the Giro Tide
The latest episode of the podcast with Christophe Mallet and Dave McKenzie dives into the thrilling final stages of the Giro d'Italia. Macka, stunned by the action, calls it the wildest finish he's ever seen in 20 years of commentary. The hosts spotlight Chris Harper's pivotal stage win and Simon Yates's stunning comeback, calling it a defining moment in his career. In 20 years of commentary, I don't think I've seen anything as crazy as that. Dave McKenzie Tactics take centre stage as the duo analyses team strategies, especially those of UAE Team Emirates, and how key decisions could have shifted the race outcome. The conversation also explores the role of race radios and evolving team dynamics in modern cycling. Del Toro could have won this. 100% Dave McKenzie The episode wraps by looking ahead to the Tour de France, speculating how Giro results might shape strategies for the next Grand Tour.
The Independent
4 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Isaac del Toro holds firm in battle for pink jersey as Richard Carapaz threatens late Giro d'Italia twist
Nicolas Prodhomme claimed the first Grand Tour stage win of his career when he rode solo to victory on stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia, while Mexico's pink jersey holder Isaac del Toro came second to extend his overall lead. On their penultimate day in the mountains, the riders faced a brutal 166 km ride from Biella to Champoluc with five classified climbs and a total elevation gain of nearly 5,000 metres. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale's Prodhomme broke free on the fourth climb to take the lead and eventually the victory to become the first Frenchman to win a Giro stage this year. "I've worked a lot for this Giro d'Italia. I didn't want to compete for the GC (general classification), I wanted to try and win a stage. I've waited for long for this win to come," Prodhomme said. "I won my first race three weeks ago (on the Tour of the Alps) but to win at the Giro d'Italia makes me very happy. It's a beautiful day." Prodhomme had attacked with over seven kilometres left to the summit and he quickly put distance between himself and stage 15 winner Carlos Verona and Antonio Tiberi while the group with Del Toro was more than a minute behind. As the general classification battle raged behind him, the 28-year-old pushed ahead and on the home stretch, he emerged through a cloud of pink smoke, holding his helmet in disbelief as he crossed the line to win by nearly a minute. "Our breakaway didn't have a big gap. I didn't feel great when I followed the first attacks. My legs were stiff on the first climb. Kilometre after kilometre, I felt better on the bike," Prodhomme added. "On Col de Joux, I realised that I needed to take risks - otherwise we were going nowhere... Before today I've had two top-five finishes because I don't take a lot of risks. Today I wanted to play for the win." Richard Carapaz, who was second in the general classification, attacked with 6.8 kilometres left but UAE Team Emirates rider Del Toro responded by staying glued to his wheel as they left third-placed Simon Yates behind. Del Toro then beat his closest rival in the sprint to the finish to take second place and remain the firm favourite for the title with two stages left after his other rivals lost 24 seconds or more. Del Toro's lead is now 43 seconds over Carapaz while Yates is a minute and 21 seconds behind in third. "I had the legs to be with Richard... I cannot take more risks but today was incredible," Del Toro said. "Everyone in our country is starting to see how hard cycling is. It's just incredible... I can't believe I'm the guy representing the country!"
The Independent
6 days ago
- General
- The Independent
Isaac del Toro seals first Grand Tour stage win to cement overall lead at Giro d'Italia
Isaac del Toro won stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia to tighten his grip on the pink jersey in the face of more attacks from Richard Carapaz, who moved above Simon Yates into second overall. A day after Carapaz took more than 90 seconds out of his lead to move within 31 seconds of pink, UAE Team Emirates' Del Toro responded with his first career Giro stage win, beating Carapaz to the line in Bormio by four seconds but also picking up another six in bonuses to extend his advantage. It continued a historic Giro for del Toro, who became the first Mexican stage winner at the race in 23 years, and the youngest stage winner this century. 'It's incredible,' del Toro, also the first Mexican to wear pink, said. 'Everybody wants this [to win a stage in the leader's jersey] and today I realised that I will never give up and I will always try, I have nothing to lose. Today was not easier than yesterday but for sure I had a better mentality.' EF Education-EasyPost's Carapaz, the 2019 Giro winner, had tried again to break the 21-year-old Mexican on the Mortirolo, the main climb of the 155km stage from San Michele all'Adige, with an attack near the summit. The Ecuadorian opened up a lead of around 30 seconds on Del Toro and Yates, who started the day 26 seconds off pink in second place, but was caught again by the main favourites after the descent as they approached the short final climb of Le Motte before the descent to the finish. And it was near the summit of Le Motte that Del Toro responded with his own attack, a move that only Carapaz could follow. Riding together down the descent, they caught Romain Bardet - the last survivor of the day's breakaway - and would deny the Frenchman his dream of a Giro stage win to complete his Grand Tour set in his final season as a professional. 'I predicted something like this would happen, of course you don't want to let all the GC guys go,' del Toro said. 'I put a little bit of pressure on the others on the descent and then I tried to relax and recover to do the last kick on the last climb. We made this plan with the team and the team gave me the confidence to try full gas.' With just under two kilometres to go, Del Toro was able to drop Carapaz and hold off the Ecuadorian and Bardet to answer his critics after Tuesday, with the Frenchman taking second place on the stage. Visma-Lease a Bike's Yates finished fourth, 15 seconds down on Del Toro, to drop behind Carapaz in the general classification. Del Toro leads overall by 41 seconds from Carapaz, who now has a 10-second advantage over Yates. Derek Gee is the only other rider within three minutes of pink, fourth at one minute and 57 seconds down.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Roglic loses time as Verona wins Giro stage 15
Spaniard Carlos Verona won stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia with a long-range solo attack on Sunday as former champion Primoz Roglic lost significant time on the rest of his general classification rivals. Slovenian Roglic, one of the pre-race favourites, shipped a minute and a half to the rest of the contenders for the leader's pink jersey after being dropped on the final climb with over 20km to go. The 35-year-old Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe rider tumbled from fifth to 10th in the overall standings and is now three minutes 53 seconds behind race leader Isaac del Toro. Lidl-Trek rider Verona, 32, held off a chasing pack formed by some of his breakaway companions to secure his first Grand Tour stage win, and only his second pro victory. "I certainly didn't come to the Giro thinking that I could win a stage and I was happy with that," said Verona, who finished 22 seconds ahead of Florian Stork with Christian Scaroni in third. "I was here in full support for [points leader] Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone [who did not start on Sunday after crashing on stage 14]. "Everything changed yesterday when we lost Cicco. Today is my day. I didn't want to do it for me but I wanted to do it for the team, knowing how much Giulio had worked for this race." Britain's Simon Yates of Team Visma-Lease a Bike remains second in the overall standings behind Mexican Del Toro, with the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider taking a lead of one minute and 20 seconds into the final week. Meanwhile, Swiss Marlen Reusser won the final time trial stage at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas to wrap up overall victory in the Women's World Tour event. It secured back-to-back stage wins for the Movistar rider, who won the general classification by almost two minutes. Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini finished second in the general classification with Dutch rider Yara Kastelijn third. C Verona (Spa/Lidl-Trek) 5hrs 15mins 41secs F Stork (Ger/Tudor Pro Cycling) +22secs C Scaroni (Ita/Xds Astana) +23secs R Bardet (Fra/Picnic Postnl) Same time N Prodhomme (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) F Zana (Ita/Jayco Alula) G Garofoli (Ita/Soudal Quick-Step) +26secs F Fiorelli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) +29secs D Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) Same time Max Poole (GB/Team PicnicPostNL) I del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 55hrs 54mins 05secs S Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 20secs J Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1min 26secs R Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +2mins 7secs D Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) +2mins 54secs D Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +2mins 55secs A Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +3mins 2secs E Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 38secs T Arensman (Ned/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 45secs P Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +3mins 53secs
BBC News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Roglic loses time as Verona wins Giro stage 15
Spaniard Carlos Verona won stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia with a long-range solo attack on Sunday as former champion Primoz Roglic lost significant time on the rest of his general classification Roglic, one of the pre-race favourites, shipped a minute and a half to the rest of the contenders for the leader's pink jersey after being dropped on the final climb with over 20km to 35-year-old Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe rider tumbled from fifth to 10th in the overall standings and is now three minutes 53 seconds behind race leader Isaac del rider Verona, 32, held off a chasing pack formed by some of his breakaway companions to secure his first Grand Tour stage win, and only his second pro victory."I certainly didn't come to the Giro thinking that I could win a stage and I was happy with that," said Verona, who finished 22 seconds ahead of Florian Stork with Christian Scaroni in third."I was here in full support for [points leader] Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone [who did not start on Sunday after crashing on stage 14]."Everything changed yesterday when we lost Cicco. Today is my day. I didn't want to do it for me but I wanted to do it for the team, knowing how much Giulio had worked for this race."Britain's Simon Yates of Team Visma-Lease a Bike remains second in the overall standings behind Mexican Del Toro, with the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider taking a lead of one minute and 20 seconds into the final Swiss Marlen Reusser won the final time trial stage at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas to wrap up overall victory in the Women's World Tour event. It secured back-to-back stage wins for the Movistar rider, who won the general classification by almost two minutes. Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini finished second in the general classification with Dutch rider Yara Kastelijn third. Stage 15 results C Verona (Spa/Lidl-Trek) 5hrs 15mins 41secsF Stork (Ger/Tudor Pro Cycling) +22secsC Scaroni (Ita/Xds Astana) +23secsR Bardet (Fra/Picnic Postnl) Same timeN Prodhomme (Fra/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)F Zana (Ita/Jayco Alula)G Garofoli (Ita/Soudal Quick-Step) +26secsF Fiorelli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane) +29secsD Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) Same timeMax Poole (GB/Team PicnicPostNL) General classification after stage 15 I del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 55hrs 54mins 05secsS Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 20secsJ Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1min 26secsR Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +2mins 7secsD Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) +2mins 54secsD Caruso (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +2mins 55secsA Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +3mins 2secsE Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 38secsT Arensman (Ned/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 45secsP Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +3mins 53secs
