The 2025 edition of the Giro d' Italia was chock full of emotions and exciting racing. The drama began to unfold on Stage 9 in Tuscany which made use of the white gravel roads of the Strade Bianchi.
Local racer Diego Ulissi started the day in the race leader's jersey. Riding on his home roads as the first Italian to hold the race lead since Vincenzo Nibali in 2016.
The race was decided late in the day as Wout Van Aert broke away from a small group of racers along with Isaac Del Torro. The two racers worked well together, although Wout forced Del Torro to do most of the work heading into the final uphill meters of the course.
Ultimately, Van Aert came around Del Torro to take the stage victory while Del Torro moved into the Maglia Rosa as the general classification leader. Del Torro, the first Mexican bike racer to lead the Giro, would hold the race lead all the way to the penultimate stage. There, he wound up in a staring match with Richard Carapaz as Simon Yates rode away on the Finestre climb to take the GC lead and win the overall race in a fitting turn of events.
Similar to the Giro's race drama between the young racer Del Torro and the experienced Simon Yates, this Lucha Vino match up features a fresh young Washington Sangiovese challenging a seasoned veteran from Italy.
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