{"id":358123,"date":"2025-12-19T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358123\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:44:08","slug":"uae-boss-does-not-hold-back-in-his-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/358123\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE boss does not hold back in his expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTwo years on, the answer seems clear. Last season, Del Toro was perfectly placed to win the Giro d\u2019Italia. However, a tactical chess match with Richard Carapaz ended up costing him the maglia rosa on the final mountain stage in favor of Simon Yates<\/a>.The Giro thorn and a promising future<\/p>\n

That finale still lingers in his mind, but the overall picture invites optimism. Seven wins in the Italian autumn classics strengthened the sense that the Mexican\u2019s future is bright beyond Grand Tours as well.<\/p>\n

That progression led his agent, Alex Carrera, to state that “Del Toro has the potential to become world number one.” From the team car, Matxin adds nuance without denying it: “I don\u2019t want to pile on pressure or compare him to Pogacar, but Isaac can become the best rider in the world, no doubt. Especially given what he\u2019s shown at just 22.”<\/p>\n

The manager also recalls the Giro context: “We started with Ayuso and Adam Yates as leaders. Del Toro was, along with McNulty, a GC alternative, and Isaac seized his chance.” Then he adds a blunt line: \u201cHe\u2019s shown he could already have won the Giro.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn before leading<\/p>\n

Even so, UAE Team Emirates – XRG do not plan to hand him outright leadership at a Grand Tour just yet. It\u2019s a strategic call. “Why? Because we don\u2019t yet want to give him full responsibility for leading a team over a Grand Tour,” Matxin explains. “We believe racing the Tour is the best choice for Isaac\u2019s development.”<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar alongside his UAE teammate Isaac del Toro<\/p>\n

The plan is clear: Del Toro should experience the three weeks of July as an apprenticeship alongside Pogacar. “Isaac will ride the Tour, above all, to learn. No pressure, but with trust,” the team boss stresses.<\/p>\n

The idea of the Mexican targeting individual goals, like the young riders\u2019 classification, is secondary. “The white jersey is not an objective,” Matxin notes. He expands on it: “It\u2019s something that could come. But with someone like Tadej in the team, our main goal is, naturally, the yellow jersey. If the white comes for Del Toro, it\u2019ll be a nice bonus.”<\/p>\n

One final question hangs in the air: will Isaac del Toro, in a few years, shine in yellow on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es? UAE are already working to make that more than a hypothesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two years on, the answer seems clear. Last season, Del Toro was perfectly placed to win the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,93896,195864,85,19805],"class_list":{"0":"post-358123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-isaac-del-toro","12":"tag-joxean-matxin","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uae-team-emirates-xrg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}