Giro d'Italia 2025 GC Update: How things stand behind Isaac del Toro ahead of the final weekend!
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The Giro d'Italia 2025 has left behind its 18th stage, which gave the overall favourites the last 'rest' day before the final challenge in the mountains. This coming Friday and Saturday will decide the winner of the opening Grand Tour of the year and it's fair to say, it's still all to play for.
On man who won't be involved however, is Juan Ayuso. The Spaniard, who already dropped to 26th in the general classification thanks to a prior, decided to abandon the Giro d'Italia after suffering a bumblebee sting by his eye, which left it swollen and riding blind in one eye. As a result though, UAE Team Emirates - XRG have now lost another possible domestique for race leader Isaac del Toro ahead of this key weekend.
The Mexican will face, above all, Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates. Both remain his two main threats in his defence of the maglia rosa, which he has been wearing since the sterrato stage 9. Behind, things remain the same, with no incidents other than that of Ayuso. Derek Gee will start 4th on Friday, Damiano Caruso 5th, Egan Bernal 6th, Giulio Pellizzari 7th, Einer Rubio 8th for Movistar Team, and Adam Yates and Michael Storer close out the Top 10.
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Giro d'Italia 2025 GC Update after stage 18
| Rnk | Rider | Team | Bonus Seconds Gained | Time |
| 1 | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 46″ | 68:56:32 |
| 2 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education - EasyPost | 14″ | 0:41 |
| 3 | YATES Simon | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:51 | |
| 4 | GEE Derek | Israel - Premier Tech | 1:57 | |
| 5 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain - Victorious | 3:06 | |
| 6 | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | 6″ | 4:43 |
| 7 | PELLIZZARI Giulio | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 4″ | 5:02 |
| 8 | RUBIO Einer | Movistar Team | 6:09 | |
| 9 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 7:45 | |
| 10 | STORER Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:46 | |
| 11 | POOLE Max | Team Picnic PostNL | 8:00 | |
| 12 | MCNULTY Brandon | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 9:03 | |
| 13 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4″ | 9:55 |
| 14 | PIGANZOLI Davide | Team Polti VisitMalta | 11:31 | |
| 15 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain - Victorious | 14:48 | |
| 16 | MAJKA Rafał | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 18:00 | |
| 17 | PRODHOMME Nicolas | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 25:05 | |
| 18 | KNOX James | Soudal Quick-Step | 28:10 | |
| 19 | ULISSI Diego | XDS Astana Team | 6″ | 29:57 |
| 20 | SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | 32:38 | |
| 21 | MEINTJES Louis | Intermarché - Wanty | 36:16 | |
| 22 | QUINTANA Nairo | Movistar Team | 6″ | 38:42 |
| 23 | ARENSMAN Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | 40:43 | |
| 24 | STORK Florian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8″ | 43:36 |
| 25 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | 12″ | 48:42 |
| 26 | ZAMBANINI Edoardo | Bahrain - Victorious | 6″ | 52:31 |
| 27 | FRIGO Marco | Israel - Premier Tech | 52:39 | |
| 28 | HARPER Chris | Team Jayco AlUla | 59:27 | |
| 29 | BARDET Romain | Team Picnic PostNL | 6″ | 59:56 |
| 30 | FORMOLO Davide | Movistar Team | 1:16:05 |
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