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Isaac Del Toro fights back at the Giro d'Italia

Isaac Del Toro fights back at the Giro d'Italia

'Torito' wins stage 17 to extend his lead over Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates

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May 28, 2025
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Del Toro celebrates his win on stage 17. Image: LaPresse

If you watched Tuesday’s stage 16 at the Giro d’Italia, it would have been hard to believe that the following day Isaac Del Toro would be extending his lead once more the following day.

Some commentators had dismissed the Mexican in the fight for pink on Tuesday evening, instead discussing who might claim the final maglia rosa in Roma on Sunday between Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates. He was dead, gone on the slopes of the San Valentino 24 hours earlier, but the bull was reborn a day later in Bormio. Will it last?

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