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Debutant Isaac del Toro claimed victory on stage two of the Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey. <\/b><\/p>\n
Mexico’s Del Toro, 22, crossed the line just ahead of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG colleague Tadej Pogacar, after accelerating on the short, steep climb to the finish at Montjuic, Spain.<\/p>\n
Remco Evenepoel finished third, with Vingegaard fourth in the same time as the leading duo at the end of a hilly 168.5km route from Tarragona to Barcelona.<\/p>\n
“It means really everything. I said before I’m a very privileged guy – you can not believe how much we work as a team to be here,” said Del Toro.<\/p>\n
“This is the work of everybody – my family, my friends growing up. I cannot believe I just did this attempt, it’s just insane. Also to appreciate being in the same team as Tadej, the best in the world, it’s really [the] full emotions.<\/p>\n
“I was not able to be in the top position [on the last climb] but I was able to pass and try and bring back [Mattias] Skjelmose. We made a plan for Tadej – I did it but then the gap was bigger and I just went with the flow to the finish line.<\/p>\n
“These kind of opportunities come almost never and I am super proud to have been able to manage this situation.”<\/p>\n
While the opening team time trial was all about the success of Vingegaard’s Visma-Lease a Bike team<\/a>, the conclusion to Sunday’s stage allowed four-time champion Pogacar and his UAE team to underline their strength. <\/p>\n The Slovenian took six bonus seconds to move up to second in the general classification behind his great rival Vinegaard, who won the Tour in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n