There was some rain on Isaac del Toro’s parade on Wednesday because the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider received Milano-Torino in putting vogue, however was subsequently handed a high quality for ending with an unzipped jersey.
Del Toro crossed the road along with his jersey absolutely open after his zip had damaged part-way via the race, and in addition to inflicting some minor annoyance for his sponsors whose logos aren’t within the end images, the Mexican rider picked up a punishment from the race jury.
The 21-year-old was penalised underneath article 2.12.007-8.6 of the UCI guidelines for “harm to the picture of sport” and handed a 200 CHF (€208) high quality and won’t obtain any UCI factors for the victory.
Riders often zip their jerseys up in preparation for the end, however an unfixable wardrobe malfunction prevented the Milano-Torino winner from doing so.
The zip of Del Toro’s all-in-one bodysuit broke within the second half of the race, and the group reportedly did attempt to repair it, however couldn’t cease the tight jersey from opening once more.
As it was a one-piece garment, merely altering jerseys was not an possibility, and as soon as Del Toro was within the lead group battling in the direction of the end, extra makes an attempt to repair the zip weren’t possible.
Despite his jersey gaping open, the gifted younger rider was nonetheless capable of energy forward of Ben Tulett (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the Superga climb and seize his first win of the yr, bowing – semi-shirtless – as he did so.
Riders – or particularly race winners – are typically not meant to cross the road with their chest or abdomen uncovered, even on extremely popular days on the Tour de France or Vuelta a España.
Though they received’t choose up any UCI factors for this win, that’s maybe not a big concern for UAE Team Emirates who’ve taken no fewer than 19 victories up to now in 2025.
Del Toro will likely be again in motion once more at Milan-San Remo on Saturday as a part of Tadej Pogačar’s assist squad.
