"I'm very happy to have these legs" - Isaac del Toro further extends Giro d'Italia lead on transitional sprint day
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On a transitional day at the Giro d'Italia 2025, on a day when nothing more than a sprint was expected, Isaac del Toro increased his gap over Juan Ayuso, Primoz Roglic and the rest of his GC rivals.
"Yes, the truth is that the circumstances of the competition made it possible for me to be up front, thanks to the team, and I'm very happy to be up front," said the 21-year-old Mexican in an interview with Cycling Pro Net after being asked about the 2-second bonus he took in an intermediate sprint.
He went on to praise his teammates and showed that he is already a true leader, despite his youth: "I don't know, the truth is that they always give me their best version and I always try to give it to them and the fact of being there in front makes me a person who values what he does and what he has around him".
He was also asked about the increase in audiences for the Giro d'Italia in his home country of Mexico: "The truth is that it's very nice and, well, it's very cool, I think," said del Toro, who is driving the growth of cycling in the Central American nation thanks to his spectacular results.
On the pressure of wearing the maglia rosa, he left us an answer that shows a maturity worthy of the greats: "If we want to see it that way, everything is a responsibility, but in the end I'm young and I think I have to take it a bit like a game".
As for the stage, Del Toro assessed it as follows: "The truth is it was a little nervous. The truth is that I didn't want to do the sprint. I wanted the breakaway to arrive to spend the day more unnoticed, but in the end it happened. And thanks to the team we were able to be in front and fight it out. And the truth is, I don't know, I'm very happy to have these legs, to have this race situation and to be there at the front. You can't always do it and you have to appreciate it".
He was asked to comment on what's to come, but with a laugh he preferred not to get involved: "I hope to eat a lot of dinner today, capo, nothing else". Before closing with another touch of humor about his chances of winning tomorrow's stage: "I don't think so, I haven't even seen the stage".
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