🗣️🗯️: “Del Toro hasn't won anything as a pro at age 20, he turns 23 in November, whereas Seixas won Il Lombardia, a Monument, at 20. There is a three-year gap between them, practically three seasons.”
🧠 Not all cyclists develop at the same pace, nor should they have to. Background MATTERS.
While Seixas was turning professional at 18, Del Toro, at the same age, was considering retirement because no major team was willing to give him a chance.
At that age, while preparing to race the Tour de l’Avenir, he suffered a crash that fractured his femur and severed an artery, putting his life in danger. He remained unconscious for days due to blood loss, and doctors told him it was very likely he would never be the same on a bike again.
His dream of competing in L’Avenir had to be put on hold for a year. Then, in 2023, at 19, he raced it and won, sweeping all the jerseys.
That was when UAE decided to sign him, not as a rising star in the making, but as a domestique’s domestique.
Even so, he won his first WT race in January 2024, just days after making his professional debut.
I don’t know whether Del Toro will be better than Seixas or end up far behind him. What I do know is that his journey has been different and far more turbulent.
These days, it’s all about cold analyses of W/kg and win counts. I still believe the story behind those numbers matters too.
@sabinaberman@AdrianaDavilaF ¿Qué hablas @sabinaberman? ¿Acaso has leído historia de México más allá de dichos simplones?
1. Pa empezar ni eran Aztecas a quienes refieres, así les dicen los gringos
2. Los mexicas no eran todos los mexicanos, ni Tenochtitlán todo México
3. Esa "traición" la invento el PRI
Here is my brief stage-by-stage #TDF2025 overview 🌻💛🇫🇷
Also a handy guide to when I will (maybe) be available this month, though let’s be honest, I will probably watch every stage 😅
I can’t wait for the Tour, let’s hope for a great one! Enjoy! 🙌
Almost 85km/h on a wet descent 🤯
Romain Grégoire produced a daredevil piece of riding to drop his breakaway companions and win Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de Suisse.
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🇨🇭 #TourdeSuisse
Almost 85km/h on a wet descent 🤯
Romain Grégoire produced a daredevil piece of riding to drop his breakaway companions and win Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de Suisse.
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🇨🇭 #TourdeSuisse
Isaac del Toro tipped his 🎩 at the finish: "In order to be a great winner, you need to be a great loser. I think I'm a good loser. I congratulate Simon and Visma. Now I know that I can win a Grand Tour. I will come back."
#GirodItalia
Si alguien hubiera vaticinado un Giro en el que Isaac del Toro rompería récord histórico de más días con maglia rosa a esa edad, con una etapa ganada, llegando líder a la penúltima etapa, subiéndose al podio de la general, poniendo al ciclismo al centro del país, todos habríamos firmado. Duele muchísimo que se haya perdido tan cerca de Roma, pero lo de hoy será de profundo aprendizaje. Este muchacho ya es leyenda y lo será cada vez más. Valoremos una de las mejores actuaciones que un deportista mexicano haya tenido.
Matxin and Baldato 👏👏👏👏👏. you screw DelToro victory because you thought Aert was on the run to watch nature from the top of Finestre.
mega 🤡🤡🤡, what I've been saying for a year and today you all have the chance to see this,
they graduated🤝🤝🤝🤝