Isaac Del Toro<\/a> represents its next frontier. The UAE Team Emirates- XRG prospect, who came within a stage of Giro d’Italia victory earlier this year, has impressed Carera not only with talent but with maturity.<\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s pure talent, but also intelligence,\u201d said the agent. \u201cHe has something very special. He belongs to this new generation that understands a cycling career isn\u2019t measured only by immediate victories. You have to protect development, plan wisely, and not let fame burn you too early. His ceiling is high, but his time will come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carera believes Del Toro embodies a mindset increasingly vital to the sport\u2019s future \u2014 patience and planning over instant glory. It\u2019s a lesson, he says, that even established champions still live by. \u201cTo have a great season, you need a great winter \u2014 train, rest, recover physically and mentally. Without that, there\u2019s no miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Building futures, not just contracts<\/p>\n
For all his reputation as one of cycling\u2019s toughest negotiators, Carera\u2019s outlook remains grounded in simplicity. \u201cMy job isn\u2019t to make them earn more, it\u2019s to make them happy,\u201d he reflected. \u201cSometimes you have to accept earning a little less to live better. Having 50 or 51 million in the bank doesn\u2019t change anything \u2014 what matters is being at peace with yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n
That philosophy runs through everything he touches \u2014 from Pogacar\u2019s carefully balanced calendar to the way he views new markets like Africa and Latin America. For Carera, the task isn\u2019t just managing athletes, but nurturing symbols of progress. \u201cWhen I see a rider like Girmay, or a talent like Del Toro, I see more than cyclists \u2014 I see what they mean for the sport\u2019s future,\u201d he said. \u201cCycling needed that diversity, that freshness, that sense of possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
And with both Girmay and Del Toro still only at the relative beginning of their respective journeys, Carera\u2019s words feel prophetic. Cycling\u2019s geography is changing \u2014 and its future, it seems, speaks with far more accents than ever before.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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