Isaac Del Toro thread

[Cookster15]

Yeh, this race really made me sit up and take notice. Del Toro can climb with the big boys too. Another Tour de l'Avenir graduate. And he's a Mexican!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In on page 8 as advertised. Purely in hindsight, maybe UAE should have tried to attack with him yesterday instead of having him pull Ayuso. Then they might have ended up with two riders on the podium.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. He might just be coming in hot and then fade a bit later on.

 

[scribers]

We keep wondering if he’s running hot early. And we keep seeing him in the mix in all these terrains.

 

[scribers]

I want to talk about how he is in the peloton. He’s all over it, back front etc. even today he’s like somewhere in the back when the race is up the road. Yet he keeps picking off and dropping groups in a demoralizing fashion. It’s not really almeidaesque. Or maybe sastreesque.

 

[Bolder]

He also has a nice style on the bike, very smooth and steady. Positioning is a bit of an issue now but he is still learning what he can do on a bike in various terrain.

 

[Valv.Piti]

All Im saying is that Pogi and Ayuso podiummed their first GT in the Vuelta at a very, very young age when nobody really expected it..

 

[Brullnux]

It's by choice, because he can't follow the accelerations... if he does it he blows up, probably. But of course it's something he has to work on, you can't keep Almeida-ing your way up there.

Idk, I think if you're strong enough you don't need the sudden accelerations. Just thinking of someone like Basso, who used it to his advantage.

 

[Salvarani]

I want to talk about how he is in the peloton. He’s all over it, back front etc. even today he’s like somewhere in the back when the race is up the road. Yet he keeps picking off and dropping groups in a demoralizing fashion. It’s not really almeidaesque. Or maybe sastreesque.

Yeah, I dont understand the Almeida comparisons at all.

This is completely different to what Del Toro seems to be doing or being coached to do atm.

 

[hayneplane]

It’s a very good sign for his future as a 3 week GC contender that he is this good in the longer climbs so early in his career and shows such maturity in his pacing not to blow up.

It will help with energy preservation if he can avoid being so far back as it creates extra problems having to slalom through what are still quite large groups.

 

[Sciatic]

It’s a very good sign for his future as a 3 week GC contender that he is this good in the longer climbs so early in his career and shows such maturity in his pacing not to blow up.

It will help with energy preservation if he can avoid being so far back as it creates extra problems having to slalom through what are still quite large groups.

Makes it fun for us to watch though

 

[scribers]

Yeah, I dont understand the Almeida comparisons at all.

This is completely different to what Del Toro seems to be doing or being coached to do atm.

Maybe it’s like he knows he is Ayusos lieutenant and doesn’t want to drag competitors up the road unless he’s sure they can gap them

 

[Netserk]

I think it's by choice, not a lack of ability. Both climbs (if the numbers confirm what it looked like on the screen today) were paced harder when he dropped than optimal. And as he could join the chase group without having to pull it, it didn't really have any downside.

Numbers confirm that it was a sensible choice to get dropped in the beginning of Petrano:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766746727174823966

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1766746727174823966

 

[tobydawq]

Numbers confirm that it was a sensible choice to get dropped in the beginning of Petrano:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766746727174823966

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1766746727174823966

Still, even if the data support that after the fact, it's a remarkably mature decision to take by such an inexperienced rider.

 

[Netserk]

As Ayuso was the captain and he had Majka with him for as long as the latter lasted, I think Del Toro may have been told to ride like that. But no doubt that you have to know yourself and have a cool head to actually execute it well. It's his first stage race at this level, and while the stages weren't very hard before the final climb, it's still new terrain for him.

 

[Red Rick]

Numbers confirm that it was a sensible choice to get dropped in the beginning of Petrano:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766746727174823966

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1766746727174823966

Makes the smaller gaps actually more surprising. Normally when they do this gaps blow out enormously.

 

[Netserk]

I think he was feeling the previous stage much more than Ayuso was, and the headwind didn't help. Maybe he went for a more steady pace after he got 30", but he didn't look like he could take a minute tbh.

 

[Red Rick]

I think he was feeling the previous stage much more than Ayuso was, and the headwind didn't help. Maybe he went for a more steady pace after he got 30", but he didn't look like he could take a minute tbh.

It's not like Hindley and Ayuso had much incentive to go full bore to limit it to 20s either. No reason for Ayuso to risk running into a counter either.

It does make the benefit of relaying a little bit bigger though.

 

[Unchained]

I want to talk about how he is in the peloton. He’s all over it, back front etc. even today he’s like somewhere in the back when the race is up the road. Yet he keeps picking off and dropping groups in a demoralizing fashion. It’s not really almeidaesque. Or maybe sastreesque.

He currently has a habit of being in the wrong place wrong time, and despite that is getting good results. You hear from lots of pros that the first few years they spend lots of time learning to race their bike.
Del Toro having an Australian wrestling match with himself for multiple days trying to take nature breaks and this week he is going full WWF with his rain jacket and still walks w 4th..things are only going to get better, now maybe he knows where not to be in Strada Bianchi!!
I really hope he keeps impressing the team and gets a big opportunity, if not this year, next. And he is getting to see what it's supposed to look like, all cast members are great and hopefully he will get through osmosis some take aways from Pogocar ..he is surrounded by stallions and it's got to be the university of pro bike racing!!

 

[Unchained]

He said of Facebook that he is racing Milan San Remp

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He said on Facebook that he is racing Milan San Remo

Coz McNulty is out

 

[Elos Anjos]

Just like it was written in the prophecies.

 

[Unchained]

Just like it was written in the prophecies.

Best quote ever!!

 

[scribers]

Listening to Bruyneels assessment of him now. Attributed his loss to a basic lack of experience and possibly some team tactics (moving around the peloton too much). Wasn't worried at all about not winning and was quite 'bullish' on DT. Says even before this race was talking to someone he described as the top three cyclists ever (who? he wouldnt' say as they were going to interview him during their upcoming podcast) who was pointing at del toro as a talent to watch.

And the answer is……. Hinault

 

[hayneplane]

According to PCS he is set to be part of a very strong team for Itzulia. What are the likely chances of being picked for the Ardennes classics.

 

[Lequack]

UAE Team Emirates set new contract record, extending Isaac Del Toro to 2029​

UAE Team Emirates set new contract record, extending Isaac Del Toro to 2029

20-year-old Mexican joins Pogačar, McNulty, Ayuso, Morgado and Vine in team's long-term development strategy

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