Isaac del Toro is making giant strides in his professional career year after year, and he is expected to take another step forward in 2027 and establish himself among the world’s best cyclists. The Mexican is undoubtedly one of the sport’s hottest names, and, as he approaches his 23rd birthday, next year should be the time to target his first Grand Tour.
If 2025 was the year he broke through and came close to winning the Giro d’Italia when few expected it, he should now take another step forward. In 2026, he rode just one Grand Tour, the Tour de France, where he finished third.
He has spent three full seasons with UAE, riding one Grand Tour each year, and it remains to be seen whether that changes next season. Among his internal rivals within the team, João Almeida had a subdued year and Adam Yates has declined; making it clear that, after Tadej Pogacar, the Mexican is the Emirati team’s main option for challenging in Grand Tours.
Recently, Joxean Fernández Matxin, one of UAE’s senior figures, said the team wants to win all three Grand Tours in a single season, making clear that it will go all out next year. 2027 could be Isaac’s year: a return to the Giro d’Italia, this time with the maglia rosa within reach.
A possible 2027 programme for Del Toro, with the Giro d’Italia as its main target, could begin with Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior, Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-Torino and Itzulia Basque Country before the Corsa Rosa. He could then take a break before tackling the Vuelta a España, followed by a season-ending campaign of Italian classics.
Isaac del Toro ahead of Il Lombardia 2026
An extraordinary 2026
Although he finished the year somewhat exhausted, his 2026 campaign was remarkable as he continued to progress. He began by winning the UAE Tour overall and taking two stages. After finishing third at Strade Bianche, he won Tirreno-Adriatico and added another stage victory.
Following his work as a domestique for Pogacar at Milano-Sanremo, he was unable to finish Itzulia. He bounced back at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the race previously known as the Dauphiné, winning two stages and the overall title. That gave him three victories at three of the world’s most prestigious week-long stage races.
He then made his Tour de France debut, winning the Barcelona stage and finishing third on the podium. Quite an achievement. He returned to racing on German roads and won the Lidl Deutschland Tour overall.
In the closing stretch of the season, he claimed victory at the GP de Montreal, finished sixth in the World Championships time trial and fifth in the road race, despite having good legs but not racing tactically at his best. With nothing left in the tank, he closed out the season with a poor result at Il Lombardia.
What Del Toro has achieved at just 23 is incredible: 33 professional wins, including seven overall titles. Quite an achievement.
Isaac del Toro’s biggest wins
| Year | Victory | Race |
| 2026 | Overall | Tirreno-Adriatico |
| 2026 | Overall | Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| 2026 | Overall | UAE Tour |
| 2026 | 1 stage | Tour de France |
| 2026 | Overall | Lidl Deutschland Tour |
| 2026 | 1st | GP de Montreal |
| 2025 | Overall | Vuelta a Burgos |
| 2025 | 1st | Giro dell'Emilia |
| 2025 | 1st | Gran Piemonte |
| 2025 | 1st | GP Industria & Artigianato |
| 2025 | 1st | Giro del Veneto |
| 2025 | 1st | Coppa Sabatini |
Juan LarraCycling Journalist
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