Isaac del Toro persevered, despite a mechanical issue and a prolonged wait to change his bike, to mount a late challenge and win the second stage of the Tour de France in a time trial in Barcelona on Sunday, becoming the second Mexican rider to win a stage at the race after Raul Alcala.
Isaac del Toro overcame a mechanical issue and a prolonged wait to change his bike to launch a late attack and win the second stage of the Tour de France in a time trial in Barcelona on Sunday, becoming the second Mexican rider to win a stage at the race after Raul Alcala.
Del Toro led home his UAE team leader Tadej Pogacar on the short steep climb to the finish at Montjuic, with Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel taking third just ahead of Vinegaard.
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Defending champion Pogacar took six bonus seconds at the finish to move up to second in the yellow jersey standings at just six seconds behind Jonas Vinegaard, with Evenepoel now third at 15 seconds.
Teenage French prodigy Paul Seixas came home in a group of nine riders three seconds back and he is now sixth overall at 42 seconds.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters and AFP)
