After stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, you may have read some analysis or takes saying what a terrible day for UAE Team Emirates-XRG it had been. Isaac del Toro had held onto pink, but lost time, whilst Juan Ayuso massively suffered. Many rivals looked stronger than Del Toro, and some onlookers even said it was clear that the Mexican was not going to win this Giro.
Fast forward 24 hours, however, and Del Toro's performance on stage 17 showed that it's not quite as simple as that. Coming back to win in Bormio certainly hasn't proven that he's going to win the race, as he does keep showing points of weakness in the longer climbs. But he's definitely shown that anyone who wrote him off after stage 16 was wrong.
