Twenty-four hours after it seemed the maglia rosa was slipping from his grasp Isaac del Toro has reasserted his grip in style winning the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia with a bold late breakaway.
The young Mexican's first stage victory meant the day ended in triumph for UAE Emirates-XRG after an early blow when Australian teammate Jay Vine was forced to retire.
On a disappointing stage for Aussies Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) also abandoned the race while Michael Storer (Tudor), who had been tipped to climb the GC rankings, and maybe even win the 155km stage from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio, faded to lose more than four minutes on the leader, coming in 29th.
