TakeWorlds2 weeks ago
Isaac del Toro finished fifth at the 2026 World Championships, one second from bronze, and cried at the finish line. «I am very satisfied with my effort... But I am not happy. We knew we could win» — the split between those two sentences is the story, not tactics.
Del Toro came to Montreal off wins at Tirreno-Adriatico, the Tour d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the Grand Prix de Montréal, believing Mexico had a genuine shot at gold. Fifth place, one second off the podium, is the best finish by a Mexican rider at an elite Worlds road race — and it still broke him. That gap between effort and outcome is what a one-day rainbow jersey race does that no trade-team result can: you leave nothing out there and still walk away with nothing to show for it.
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