Misses the engine of a friend of Pogacar, the winning vein certainly does not

In Tuesday’s conflict is Isaac del Toro received some blows, he returned with interest on Wednesday. In the new interesting alpine stage, he was unanswered only when accelerating Richard Carapase Just before the summit of the climb to Mortirola, but with excellent bike control, he also crashed the winner Gira from the 2019 season and came to the fifth victory among the professionals.

In doing so, Del Toro also enrolled in the list of stage winners in the Italy race, and due to the deductible seconds, the advantage over the carapaz was not negligible 41 seconds. “Of course, I like to imagine such things, until that moment it was a remarkable Giro with four rankings on the stage for the winners. Everyone wants to win and today they realized that I would not surrender. I can’t lose anything, ”said the confident Mexican, who proves his diversity on the bike.

Of course, can’t avoid comparisons with a team colleague Tadejo Pogačarstill current Gira winners. He confirmed that they had heard several times through messages during the race, and he said about the Slovenian champion in laughter: « I am not Tadej, my engine is much smaller, so I am tired today. »

A relaxed pink T -shirt carrier has already been written off after Tuesday’s problems, but he will not just give victories to Carapaz and Simon Yates. Today, he is waiting for the last slightly lighter day of this gyra, followed by two hell stages, which will answer the question of the winner. The sister is closer every day, and Mexican is no less firm in the saddle …