Giro d'Italia 2025 GC Update | Isaac del Toro tightens grip on Maglia Rosa with stunning stage 17 win; Big changes in the rest of the Top-10
CyclingWednesday, 28 May 2025 at 17:16
After a first show of weakness on stage 16, Isaac del Toro has emphatically responded to any doubts regarding his Giro d'Italia winning capabilities by taking a stunning win on stage 17, tightening his grip on the Maglia Rosa in the process.
Taking the first Grand Tour stage win of his burgeoning career, the 21-year-old Mexican attacked clear of all his GC rivals bar Richard Carapaz on the final climb of the day, then gapped the former Giro d'Italia winner in a thrilling run in to the line. For Carapaz, although he ended the day without another stage win, or having gained any time in the Maglia Rosa battle, the Ecuadorian does move up to 2nd in the GC (+41), leapfrogging Team Visma | Lease a Bike's leader Simon Yates (+51).
Derek Gee (+1:57), Damiano Caruso (+3:06) and Egan Bernal (+4:43) retain the same places at the start of the day, although the latter is now nearly five minutes down after more time loss on stage 17. Then, rounding out the top 10, Giulio Pellizzari is up 2 places to 7th at +5:02, before Einer Rubio (+6:09), Adam Yates (+7:45) and Michael Storer (+7:46) complete the top 10.
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2025 Giro d'Italia GC Update after Stage 17
| Rnk | ▼▲ | Rider | Team | Bonus Seconds Gained | Time |
| 1 | - | DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 46″ | 65:30:34 |
| 2 | ▲1 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education - EasyPost | 14″ | 0:41 |
| 3 | ▼1 | 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 | ▲2 | PELLIZZARI Giulio | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 4″ | 5:02 |
| 8 | ▲3 | RUBIO Einer | Movistar Team | 6:09 | |
| 9 | ▲1 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 7:45 | |
| 10 | ▼3 | STORER Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:46 | |
| 11 | ▲2 | POOLE Max | Team Picnic PostNL | 8:00 | |
| 12 | ▲2 | MCNULTY Brandon | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 9:03 | |
| 13 | ▲3 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4″ | 9:55 |
| 14 | ▼2 | PIGANZOLI Davide | Team Polti VisitMalta | 11:31 | |
| 15 | ▼7 | TIBERI Antonio | Bahrain - Victorious | 14:48 | |
| 16 | ▲2 | MAJKA Rafał | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 18:00 | |
| 17 | ▲3 | PRODHOMME Nicolas | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 25:05 | |
| 18 | ▲1 | KNOX James | Soudal Quick-Step | 28:10 | |
| 19 | ▲2 | SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret | Arkéa - B&B Hotels | 32:38 | |
| 20 | ▲3 | MEINTJES Louis | Intermarché - Wanty | 36:16 | |
| 21 | ▲1 | QUINTANA Nairo | Movistar Team | 6″ | 38:42 |
| 22 | ▲2 | ULISSI Diego | XDS Astana Team | 6″ | 40:08 |
| 23 | ▲3 | STORK Florian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8″ | 43:36 |
| 24 | ▲3 | FORTUNATO Lorenzo | XDS Astana Team | 12″ | 48:42 |
| 25 | - | FRIGO Marco | Israel - Premier Tech | 52:39 | |
| 26 | ▲3 | HARPER Chris | Team Jayco AlUla | 59:27 | |
| 27 | ▲5 | BARDET Romain | Team Picnic PostNL | 6″ | 59:56 |
| 28 | - | ZAMBANINI Edoardo | Bahrain - Victorious | 6″ | 1:02:42 |
| 29 | ▲12 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama - FDJ | 1:18:31 | |
| 30 | ▲16 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 10″ | 1:22:25 |
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- And if sabotage, will they just leave it at that or check more rigorously whether it was silly or calculated. Seems quite weird you wouldn’t get noticed considering how packed and secured such areas usually are.Mistermaumau13-07-2025
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Without bonus second, Yates is second by 5” and Carapaz third by only a few seconds more. Sure there are more stages to come but right now that is just incredibly close.
That’s a rather large number of bonus seconds he earnt, is it from the 2 weeks or just today?