Isaac’s overfast of the bull that gave him the victory in the Italian turn

The Mexican cyclist deployed his qualities in stage 17, to end 23 years without the victory of Mexico in the Tour of Italy

Isaac del Toro He got his first stage victory in the Italy turn. He did it with the deployment of skills that he acquired during his formation in Europe, in mountain cycling and the analysis of the route, with an “to the 1” formula that left him four seconds more leader, in the absence of four days for closing in Rome.

“We simply try not to go crazy at that time. And, of course, you don’t want to let all the general runners go, that’s why I went to the end. But yes, we simply tried to handle the situation and put pressure at the end of the descent,” said the Mexican at the press conference after his first win in a great return of cycling, just the second Mexican who does it in him Italy turnafter Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio 23 years ago.

Isaac endured his rival’s first attack by the Maglia Rosa, Richard Carapaz47 kilometers from the finish line. Ecuadorian tried to break Of the bullwho in the previous day lost more than a minute in the general classification, when he could not follow his rival. The Mexican remained at a distance, up to 12 seconds, but always with his sights in Carapaz.

Alejandro Rodríguez, Team Manager and co -founder of the AR MONEX PRO CYCLINGknow a Isaac del Toro From the age of 15. That is why he emphasizes that the victory in Bormio was a display of skills and experience that they saw develop when Isaac He was on his team.

“What we saw in today’s stage was a deployment that shows several very important aspects. Experience, because after a stage like yesterday, where it was his turn advantage. AM850.

Isaac He began his attack on the victory nine kilometers from the finish Carapaz.

The first years of Isaac del Toro In the team AR MONEX PRO CYCLING They were in mountain cycling, also combined the cyclocross and the route. Alejandro Rodríguez explains that another of the qualities of Isaac It is his great genetics to recover, after the stage of Tuesday where he let out advantage before his rivals.

“When the right time arrived, when everyone was already righteous to forces. An attack was expected at 50 kilometers, but the efforts they made yesterday, today they had to pay, more tired. One of the conditions that it has Isaac is that he recovers very well, he is younger. ”

“On the descent, when they were already escaped and reached Bardet, in a particular curve, he let Carapaz He took it ahead, and I saw how he measured it, he left from behind with the pure inertia and took the curve on the outside, to formula 1 ”.

Alejandro Rodríguez says that this movement, classic of the competencies in mountain cycling, where there are numerous curves and fights side by side with the rival, helped him Isaac To win three, four meters, and with the inertia of the slope they became 30, 40 meters.

1.5 kilometers from the finish and the euphoria, nobody reached Isaac del Toro For your first victory in the Italy turn and the message that will defend the Maglia Rosa until the last meter.