Del Toro himself later admitted he was shocked by the lack of information coming from the team car during the decisive moments.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWhen the radio told me Yates was up the road \u2014 and that Van Aert was too \u2014 Simon already had 55 seconds,\u201d del Toro said after the race. \u201cThey should\u2019ve told me about Van Aert when he had ten seconds. I\u2019d have said: let\u2019s attack, let\u2019s try.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dumoulin\u2019s warning: chances don\u2019t always return<\/p>\n
Instead, del Toro and Carapaz repeatedly looked at each other, hesitated, and let the race drift away. Visma\u2019s perfectly-timed Yates-and-Van-Aert combination became the defining move of the Giro \u2014 and the final blow to del Toro\u2019s fairytale debut.<\/p>\n
Despite the frustration, Dumoulin is anything but dismissive of the Mexican talent. \u201cSo much stupidity \u2014 I didn\u2019t need to see it,\u201d he joked. \u201cBut I think del Toro is a fantastic rider, truly amazing. I hope he makes life difficult for Tadej Pogacar in the coming years, maybe even with another team. That would be fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet he also warned that opportunities like this may not come again. \u201cDel Toro will probably hit himself on the head when he realises that might have been his chance. You never know. I thought I\u2019d get more opportunities to wear yellow at the Tour de France \u2014 but I can tell you, it never happened. Opportunities don\u2019t always come back.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Finestre debacle still stings for del Toro \u2014 and clearly, for Dumoulin too. But if anything, both agree on one thing: that day may have cost him a Giro, but it might also be the making of him.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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