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Chris Marshall-Bell

'It's an enormous privilege': Issac Del Toro wins Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes after dominating final stage

Isaac Del Toro.

Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG claimed his second successive summit finish victory to top the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes GC, overturning Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe's Luke Tuckwell's narrow advantage on the final day.

Del Toro won the seventh stage to Grand Colombier and repeated his success on the HC climb to Plateau de Solaison, attacking just a few kilometres into the 11.5km climb which was the fourth and final categorised ascent of the day.

No one was able to respond to 22-year-old Del Toro's attack and his nearest challenger, Lidl-Trek's Juan Ayuso, finished exactly a minute in arrears.

Tuckwell, who took yellow on stage six after placing third from the breakaway, finished eighth at Plateau de Solaison. It wasn't enough to keep hold of yellow, but he did secure a highly commendable and unexpected second place overall. Ayuso rounded out the podium.

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