Del Toro's gesture gets a positive response: "Next level, I'm grateful my 15-year-old son has this level of sportsmanship to look up to"

"Del Toro picked the wrong strategy today to win the Giro,” Danielson began. “His strategy appeared to focus entirely on Carapaz and race defensively against him. If Yates moved, force Carapaz to chase. Well, Yates moved, and Carapaz did not chase. Instead, he spent his energy changing the pace to try and drop Del Toro."

"Why Del Toro didn’t just counterattack Carapaz and go across to Yates when he was only 10 seconds ahead makes no sense to me. He sat behind Carapaz until the gap was huge and Yates got to Wout, and then pulled. The gap was already 2 minutes at this point. This was not the right strategy. Surely Tadej was calling in to the directors—I wish they had answered the phone."

"Simon Yates, again, by doing Simon Yates things, won the Giro," said Danielson. "The incredible legs he had today, the strong teamwork from Wout, and the fire from losing it all on this climb in the past made the perfect storm he used to win the Giro. You can’t ignore that he set the record on the Finestre and then had Wout go full Wout to take the gap over five minutes!"

The former rider pointed out that it was truly a Giro for TV viewers. "The guy who last time lost his Giro dreams on this climb, in the pink jersey, now flips the script and wins the Giro on the same climb. And what about Visma—a team that seemed to be struggling to find their wings this year—ending up winning the first Grand Tour of the season? Oh, you just can’t make this stuff up."

"I want to finish by highlighting Del Toro’s incredible reaction at the finish line. After showing his strength and gapping Carapaz to the line, he crosses it making a 'chapeau' gesture, immediately acknowledging Yates’ incredible ride. Like—that’s next level. He then goes to his rivals, shakes their hands, and straight to his teammates, thanking and hugging them. Like wow, guys. That is next level, and I’m grateful my 15-year-old son has this level of sportsmanship to look up to."