{"id":800049,"date":"2026-10-12T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800049\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:58:09","slug":"uae-and-del-toro-explain-2026-il-lombardia-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/800049\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE and Del Toro explain 2026 Il Lombardia collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The season came to an end in obscurity for Isaac del Toro<\/a> on Saturday. The 22-year-old Mexican from UAE Emirates-XRG was the designated team leader on paper for the Tour of Lombardy<\/a>, but had to drop back early when the peloton split up on the Civiglio<\/a>. His team declined to comment after the finish.<\/p>\n

Del Toro, along with Brandon McNulty, was the team leader for Il Lombardia in the absence of Tadej Pogacar. The duo appeared to be in excellent form, as evidenced by the Italian fall races, which were held after the World Championships.<\/p>\n

Del Toro said his knee was feeling better before Il LombardiaMcNulty made his presence felt in several races while wearing his rainbow jersey, and Del Toro used the Gran Piemonte\u2014his only race after the World Championships\u2014 as an opportunity to attack<\/a>.Ahead of Gran Piemonte, Del Toro candidly spoke about severe jet lag following the World Championships, as well as knee problems<\/a> that flared up after the long trip from Montreal (Canada).<\/p>\n

In Gran Piemonte, however, he was already experiencing fewer issues. \u201cMy knee is getting better and better. When I\u2019m on the pedals, it\u2019s not too bad. It\u2019s mainly when I\u2019m in the saddle,\u201d he said during the team presentation on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Del Toro on Friday, at the team presentation for the Tour of Lombardy.<\/p>\n

Del Toro and McNulty can’t compete at Il \u00a0LombardiaWhen Paul Seixas accelerated on the Civiglio on Saturday and the Tour of Lombardy exploded, Del Toro was one of the first to break away. <\/p>\n

McNulty joined the first group of pursuers but proved unable to keep up with Seixas. The American ultimately sprinted from the chasing group to finish fifth. Del Toro finished 28th, just under five minutes behind. <\/p>\n

In a brief press release<\/a>, UAE Emirates-XRG didn\u2019t waste any words on Del Toro\u2019s struggles in northern Italy. The focus was on McNulty\u2019s fifth-place finish. \u201cIt was another great ride in the rainbow jersey for Brandon\u2014good job!\u201d Del Toro wasn\u2019t mentioned in a subsequent post<\/a> either. \u201cProud of the efforts in Italy, which earned Brandon his best finish in a Monument.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Del Toro reacts shortly after Lombardy<\/p>\n

Incidentally, BiciGoga reported on Sunday that it had spoken briefly with Del Toro. \u201cThis wasn\u2019t what I\u2019d hoped for,\u201d the climber reportedly said. He also added: \u201cI gave it my all, but my knee was bothering me, and I was tired from all the traveling on the final climbs. It wasn\u2019t my best day on the bike.\u201d<\/p>\n

A well-deserved break now awaits the Mexican. In 2026, Del Toro took another major step forward in his development, winning major WorldTour races such as the UAE Tour, the Tirreno-Adriatico, and the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes. He also finished third in his very first Tour de France, right behind overall winner Pogacar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The season came to an end in obscurity for Isaac del Toro on Saturday. The 22-year-old Mexican from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,109610,133220,101,263046,12183,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-isaac-del-toro","tag-latest-cycling-news","tag-sports","tag-tour-of-lombardy","tag-uae-team-emirates-xrg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}