Isaac Del Toro thread

[Monsi]

Yes, apparently tomorrow. Assuming he wins the road race, I'm curious about the Mexican champion's jersey. I usually dont care at all, but that should be a beauty and hard to mess up, right?

This is UAE we're talking about so unless the Mexican federation has some strict rules regarding the NC jersey (like Belgium, US, etc), it is very easy for them to mess up the jersey.

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sfC2SSh4c


There are a couple other feeds on YouTube. So you might be able to watch road race Saturday.
If you are able to watch , this start is oriented going towards Pacific Ocean and turning at El Sauzal interchange. This road is still very popular but has become 10,000% more dangerous as the economy has boomed. Right behind starting line is a new housing development with @500+ homes..it used to be one ranch, next to an orphanage. I used to start rides going passed ranch and half dozen horses would come running when they saw my bike because I had carrots. So yes it was a heavy jersey load for first few kilometers. Because of explosive aqua culture business.. There are now shipping container storage yards all over the place.. They ripped out 10-15 acres of olive trees that now has shipping containers stacked 6-8 high..ugly and the trucks picking them up or dropping off are dangerous. Aqua culture stuff is going crazy, tuna, seaweed, sardines, oysters all farmed right in front of the race in the Pacific Ocean. The race will take part in front of Ocean effect temperature front. When you go towards Tecate, famous for beer, the temperature goes way up..and when you ride or race on this road you get a serious boost of energy when you get towards the ocean and temperature gets better, double boost when you come around the corner and you are a few hundred meters high and you can see the Pacific for @10 miles each way.
If you are able to watch the race on this feed or others, the road that parallels the water is probably less than @5-8 k at best.. And the first climbing comes not far from start finish. The toll booth and free road happen in first 5-10 k..and race will blow up by @50+% at first 2 climbs.. It's plateaus at Rancho Bonita and then turns towards wineries. There are obviously few anywhere who can stay with Del Toro but he will likely not want to pace himself in normally medium to heavy winds on race route. There are definitely @15-20 guys who can ride at high pace. And many people from Southern California with dual citizenship will definitely not miss chance to race against Isaac Del Toro ..except @10-20 of those..
I will try and post Facebook feeds if I get permission..

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HHFrV16vnrM

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mvO2g_q_vPw


15:15 in the video is the podium

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/Pgg6Tzt20lM

 

[Hugh Januss]

This is UAE we're talking about so unless the Mexican federation has some strict rules regarding the NC jersey (like Belgium, US, etc), it is very easy for them to mess up the jersey.

I would expect a narrow green/white/red band around lower chest.

 

[RedheadDane]

Congratulations to Del Toro for winning the 2025 Mexican ME ITT National Championship.

 

[Unchained]

I would expect a narrow green/white/red band around lower chest.

Likely Mexican representation will look similar to Ecuador color scheme worn by Jhonatan Narvaez

 

[Unchained]

This is UAE we're talking about so unless the Mexican federation has some strict rules regarding the NC jersey (like Belgium, US, etc), it is very easy for them to mess up the jersey.

Mexico doesn't have strict rules for anything. Great example in Northern Mexico.. Chocolate cars...

 

[Unchained]

Not the best, but not the worst..

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJteik5cv0

 

[Unchained]

It looks like they made minimal road repairs..

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cy8FwknLVyE


It was a great race for so so many reasons.. Each lap was @40 k and people all over, cheering non stop.
Field was pretty big, mixed abilities as always and guys getting destroyed by one of the best World Tour racers, 3rd in the world currently, made it easier to take..
Conditions were pretty tough, ocean misty haze for start and it got warmer and windy and played into the hands of 4 most powerful guys,
I have to say I got choked up watching initial breakaway working together, nobody thought they were going to beat Isaac, but they rode like they could, took excellent pulls and it was just attrition.. Eder Frayre really was outstanding and he made only logical decision to not respond when Del Toro drilled it going up El Tigre to the finish, the 2 had a big gap, and Frayre raced to a comfortable second.
Some of the guys who got dropped, lost contact completely were very very courageous and chased to near killing themselves.. All about dignity.. Raced super, super hard just because..3rd -10th really went deep.. Del Toro is a really high reference point..

 

[Unchained]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=koOnV_CNWps&pp=ugUIEgZlcy00MTk%3D


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