Isaac del Toro's winning celebration at Milano-Torino earns him a fine
CyclingFriday, 21 March 2025 at 14:08
Isaac del Toro won what is so far the most impressive victory of his short career at Milano - Torino. The Mexican was the strongest in the hard climb up to Superga and took the victory, however he did so without zipping his jersey and that ultimately cost him a fine after the race.
Del Toro sprinted through the finish line with the UAE Team Emirates jersey completely open, which is forbidden by the UCI, for which he has been fined 200 Swiss francs. What is surprising is not the sanction, which was known to be forthcoming. The race report pointed towards "damage to the image of the sport". It is known that teams tell their riders to zip their jerseys for the finish line pictures so as to showcase their sponsors, however it came as a surprise that the Mexican would actually be punished by the race organization itself.
Isaac del Toro winning Milano-Torino this Wednesday
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- Yes, I do think he was getting very unhelpful orders. But I was still shocked and sad. At some point I was hoping he would pull the earpiece out and just ride till he was spent!Hill3301-06-2025
- Carapaz wasn't pulling on Finestre. He was repeatedly attacking Del Toro, and then sitting up. He was focused entirely on dropping Del Toro, rather than keeping the two of them ahead. This is why Yates caught them so easily. And when Yates went ahead, Carapaz made no effort to go after him to preserve his 2nd place. He continued to focus on slowing down Del Toro. He succeeded.
Barney01-06-2025 - I would agree that del Toro dropped the ball; however, Carapaz consistently works against the people he is riding with. There have been too many times where he is ahead in a small break, and rather than pulling, he attacks, sits on, and attacks again, disrupting the rhythm.Barney01-06-2025
- dont you think it was instructions from the team car rather than his giving up? he seemed to be following orders throughout the race?Crashjames01-06-2025
- incredible maturity for such a young guy. Pity that UAE DS messed up the tactics on stage 20Crashjames01-06-2025
- Contador's comments are becoming crazier. Carapaz pulled on the climb. Del toro did not. He is not Del toro's teammateabstractengineer01-06-2025
- No Alberto, Del Toro lost it for himself...
leedorney01-06-2025 - What a delusional bloke! Talking about fighting for the overall while being 13 minutes down the GC. It’s evident that his crash into the parked bus damaged not only his performance but brains as well. With Jonas as the best GT rider and other top GT GC riders absent.. it would have been more than 20minutes.
UltimateOpportunist01-06-2025 - However awful UAE's tactics were, and however bad the fear of being cracked again by Carapaz were, it is still almost beyond belief that Del Toro stopped fighting. Very sad, he had shown such fighting spirit.Hill3301-06-2025
- 1 will never know wth was UAE's tactics on this stage other than to lose the Giroleedorney01-06-2025
Oh my goodness. This is scandalous. Isaac del Toro, you're damaging the image of the sport. Yellow card, please! That'll teach him that manners maketh man.
Seriously, I'm surprised that there is such a rule and again it is not consistently enforced. I never heard such ruling handed to Tadej in 2022 TdF when he crossed the line without zipping his jersey having been utterly defeated.
Good point and what a good memory!
The real issue here is that his zipper was BROKEN. He couldn't have zipped it up even if he tried.