Giro d'Italia 2025, Carapaz's joy: "I'm excited. The pink jersey? I'll try"

Castelnovo Ne' Monti, May 21, 2025 - Richard Carapaz and Giro d'Italia, a truly never-ending story, as per the claim of the Corsa pink: the Ecuadorian, already winner of other 3 fractions and above all of the2019 edition, you take it stage 11 with a peremptory sprint on the last climb and comeback 3 positions in a general classification still led by Isaac Del Toro, who in turn wins the group sprint and takes home 6" of credit to the detriment of other rivals. Including the teammate Juan Ayuso.  

Carapaz's statements

  Just theUAE Team Emirates-XRG he might have let go carapaz, perhaps not yet considered too dangerous for his leadership: the fact is that the class of '93, who right on the streets of Corsa pink He made himself known to the great cycling scene already in 2018 with the company of Montevergine, begins to dream of something more than just a more important placement in the general classification. "I'm very excited. It's a special and beautiful feeling. I felt I had the right legs today: I knew there was a lot of work to do and we did it". All of this, in fact, with a view to something very prestigious and today 'only' far away 1'56 ". "It's a Giro d'Italia very open and I want to try to win it until the end, but we still have many climbs to tackle. In the meantime, I dedicate this success to my family who were here in the last few days. With high morale for me and for the team - he concludes carapaz - I'll try to the end: anything can happen."

Del Toro's statements

Everybody's watching Del Toro, and not only for his sparkling total pink outfit: the Mexican has been leading the general rankings since very well-known stage of the dirt roads of Siena, the one in which several big names had fallen or had mechanical problems. Among them, Ayuso, in theory the designated captain of the house UAE Team Emirates-XRG: in words, almost everyone, including the sports director Joxean Matxin Fernandez, they have deflated the possible case on some internal feud, but will it really be like that? An answer between the lines is provided immediately after the arrival Del Toro which, explaining the reason for the failure to pursue carapaz, with the accompanying hunt for the stage victory, makes it clear that he is now paying more attention to the wishes of his team: in addition to implying that for the moment the rider of theEF Education EasyPost does not particularly worry the Emirati team. "I am very happy with how the race developed because I counted my teammates and having them all complete was a truly incredible feeling. I am also happy with how I felt on a personal level. When he started carapaz - continues the class of 2003 - I felt like I had good legs, but then I decided not to go. Later I tried, but I saw that the rest of the team was not behind me because there was a lot of chaos on the climb and so I decided to stop."

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