Isaac Del Toro thread

[AlfaLum]

Yeah, it was not a high peak, but a 60s attack. If he did that intentionally, it was smart. He needed to cook Tiberi. If he gaps him immediately, they just do a 1 vs 1 TT in which case the final gap might not have been big enough.

According to Velon data Tiberi was riding 610w for 69 seconds during that first del Toro attack. Thats almost 10w/kg for Tiberi, so quite impressive.

 

[Pozzovivo]

According to Velon data Tiberi was riding 610w for 69 seconds during that first del Toro attack. Thats almost 10w/kg for Tiberi, so quite impressive.

Yeah, that's in the category of strong attacks imo. Also considering that no one else followed it.

 

[James M]

As far as super talent goes, I'm interested to see how Seixas developes. As far as I can tell, the future is theirs.

No doubt

 

[James M]

No Pogačar? No problem. Isaac del Toro steps into spotlight with record-breaking climbing performance at UAE Tour, and he isn't even at his best yet – Analysis

UAE's Mexican superstar scorches up Jebel Hafeet to all but confirm overall victory at team's home race

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Cycling111]

Without Pogacar and watching Malhao's sprint and Pidcock in Andalucia, I think Del Toro win Flèche Wallonne easily. Ayuso has a good punch, but he seems more beatable. Pidcock has a lot of punch, but he might arrive more coocked because he'll be leading every race until then. But he'll undoubtedly be his main rival.

Del Toro seems to be even faster. I don't see any other contenders than Pidcock and Ayuso like third contender. And nobody is capable to break the sprint like Pogacar did, unless Remco attacks in the penultimate climb, which will be his only chance to win, but that's not good for him before Liège.

 

[HashRouge]

On a stage with lots of mountains after 2 weeks, based on prior performance?

Roglic, Almeida, Thin Evenepoel, Lipowitz, Carapaz, Kuss, Michael Storer, Derek Gee, Pellizzari

I'd love to be proven wrong, he looks to have improved but whether it translates to a long mountain stage I don't know.

He beats them all on a unipuerto.

I veer between getting utterly carried away and thinking he'll be better than Pogacar, and reminding myself that UAE Tour del Toro will almost certainly be peak del Toro. I do think it's important to remember that UAE Tour is a big goal for this team, so del Toro is likely to have put significant effort into being at a very, very good level here. That said, he constantly surprises me, so who knows, maybe there is a higher level to come this year.

 

[Red Rick]

Puts 12 seconds into the great Luke Plapp and were talking about being Pogacars level

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Puts 12 sexonds into the great Luke Plapp and were talking about being Pogacars level

Pogi would have been left in the dust there, just like his big rival Remco was.

 

[Cycling111]

I veer between getting utterly carried away and thinking he'll be better than Pogacar, and reminding myself that UAE Tour del Toro will almost certainly be peak del Toro. I do think it's important to remember that UAE Tour is a big goal for this team, so del Toro is likely to have put significant effort into being at a very, very good level here. That said, he constantly surprises me, so who knows, maybe there is a higher level to come this year.

Pogacar, in his third season, was winning his second Tour de France and nine GT stages, six of them in the Tour de France.

Del Toro will be good, but he's not as dominant as Pogacar, who already demonstrated this in his first GT by winning the three toughest stages.

In Rwanda and Lombardy, we also saw that he's far behind in that level of races.

He's very good, but this week Del Toro, Ayuso, and Seixas are being excessively overrated. Ayuso did yesterday what he did the previous years, but judging by some comments from X, it seems that this is the first time he has ever win a one-week race.

This year, Del Toro surely win Tirreno-Adriatico and Fleche Wallonne. Dauphiné will be a good test against the other young riders, but in the Tour de France, he'll be far behind Pogacar and also Vingegaard, despite Giro d'Italia.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Pogacar, in his third season, was winning his second Tour de France and nine GT stages, six of them in the Tour de France.

Del Toro will be good, but he's not as dominant as Pogacar, who already demonstrated this in his first GT by winning the three toughest stages.

In Rwanda and Lombardy, we also saw that he's far behind in that level of races.

He's very good, but this week Del Toro, Ayuso, and Seixas are being excessively overrated. Ayuso did yesterday what he did the previous years, but judging by some comments from X, it seems that this is the first time he has ever win a one-week race.

This year, Del Toro surely win Tirreno-Adriatico and Fleche Wallonne. Dauphiné will be a good test against the other young riders, but in the Tour de France, he'll be far behind Pogacar and also Vingegaard, despite Giro d'Italia.

"There are levels to this" as the young people say...