Giant Dutch time trial specialist Daan Hoole won a 28.6km individual run to Pisa on stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday as Mexican rider Isaac Del Toro held on to the overall lead.
The 6ft 6in (1m98) winner Hoole timed 23min 27sec to bag a fourth stage from 10 for Lidl Trek, who's leader Giulio Ciccone is eighth overall, while Mads Pedersen won three stages for them in the first week.
🔻 Back when the roads were dry, the fight for the stage was on everybody's mind. And this was a close fight.
— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 20, 2025
🔻Quando le strade erano asciutte, la lotta per la tappa era nei pensieri di tutti. E questa è stata una sfida serrata.
⏪ The @continental_it Ultimo Kilometro… pic.twitter.com/TBxXwYWtcy
"I'm so happy and there are son many people I need to thank. I just can't believe it," Hoole said after his second major win.
🎙️ "I want to thank everyone, my team, my coach, my parents, my brother.
— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 20, 2025
It's unbelievable. I'm full of emotions, I'm really happy. It's an insane feeling." - 🏆 🇳🇱 @daanhoole (LTK) #GirodItalia pic.twitter.com/UtYmQYzdIQ
But rain fell heavily on the Tuscan course as the main favourites started coming down the starter's ramp making the individual speed effort even more of a minefield than usual.
The 21-year-old Mexican Team UAE rider Del Toro who took the overall lead on the white gravel test on stage 9, lost 48sec to his team leader Spain's Juan Ayuso, who is now second overall at 25sec.
🩷 🇲🇽 It wasn't the performance he expected, but @ISAACDELTOROx1 delivered just enough to keep his Maglia Rosa, under the torrential rain in Pisa#GirodItalia pic.twitter.com/nxZmBicOEJ
— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 20, 2025
Italian home hope Antonio Tiberi of the Bahrain team is third at 1min 01, while Simon Yates of Visma looked delighted when his chrono lifted him to fourth overall at 1min 03sec with Primoz Roglic in fifth at 1min 18sec.
Red Bull rider Roglic lost 1min 15sec on Sunday and fell on his recon ride of the time trial Tuesday, so his performance at Pisa drags the former Giro and Vuelta champion back into contention.
STAGE 10 RESULTS
1.Daan Hoole (Lidl - Trek) 180 80 32.30 52.800
2.Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers) 130 50 0.07 52.611
3. Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step) 95 35 0.10 52.531
4. Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal Quick-Step) 80 25 0.23 52.184
5. Edoardo Affini (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 60 18 0.24 52.158
6. Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 45 15 0.37 51.817
7. Luke Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla) 40 12 0.44 51.635
8. Marco Frigo (Israel - Premier Tech) 35 10 0.47 51.557
9. Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco AlUla) 30 8 0.50 51.480
10. Xabier Mikel Azparren Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 25 6 0.54 51.377
11. Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar Team) 20 5 0.54 51.377
12. Kasper Asgreen (EF Education - EasyPost) 15 4 0.59 51.249
13. Filippo Baroncini (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 10 3 1.00 51.224
14. Derek Gee (Israel - Premier Tech) 5 2 1.00 51.224
15. Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL 2 1 1.04 51.122)
16. Wout Van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 1.09 50.996
17. Primož Roglic (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) 1.15 50.844
18. Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) 1.16 50.819
19 Josef Gerny (Soudal Quick-Step) 1.24 50.619
20. Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step) 1.24 50.619
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 20 22″ 34:11:37
2. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 10″ 0:25 3
3. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain - Victorious) 1:01
4. Simon Yates (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) 1:03
5. Primož Roglic (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) 2″ 1:18
6. Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 2:00
7. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) 2:06
8. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl - Trek) 4″ 2:07
9. Richard Carapaz (EF Education - EasyPost) 2:10
10. Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers) 2:27