"If I lost the Giro, I would rather throw myself off a tower than celebrate" - Italian legend criticizes Isaac del Toro's behaviour after losing pink jersey

The loss of the pink jersey on stage 20 was enormous for Isaac del Toro and UAE Team Emirates - XRG but few would've guessed that taking into consideration the reactions after the finish line. Whilst this is regular in current cycling, Mario Cippolini does not understand it and has criticized what he believes is unauthentic behaviour.

"If I lost the Giro, I would rather throw myself off a tower than celebrate. I'm happy to belong to a different kind of cycling. It was ridiculous, a false fair play that really bothers me, it's only done to attract consensus," Cipollini said in a an interview with journalist Claudio Ghisalberti. 

After 11 days in the lead of the Giro d'Italia, Del Toro lost the lead of his maiden Giro d'Italia on the final competitive stage, matching Richard Carapaz' every attack on the Colle delle Finestre but later on being overtaken by Simon Yates.

"The objective is to contain Carapaz, but don't you realize that you are losing everything," the Italian sprinter, a winner of many stages at the Giro, continued. The Mexican ultimately lost the provisional lead, and with Simon Yates assistance at the head of the race, hopes were reduced quite a lot in the Del Toro group, which stopped after Carapaz refused to collaborate with his rival following the climb.