UAE Team Emirates - XRG press conference during last rest day with Isaac Del Toro, Pink Jersey of Giro, his manager Matxin Fernandez and his Sports Director Fabio Baldato.
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00:00we we all knew that uh juan and adam um yeah we're the leaders and they uh had a like um
00:10an altitude camp before the giro and everything um and now we all know they will be very good in
00:17the third week but how did you prepare before the giro because you didn't go into the giro
00:22as a gc leader uh to be at your best in the third week uh yeah uh in the beginning of the year we
00:29planned a calendar to do the best possible for the important races and also to make a plan of
00:34training to be in much shape to the biggest races or the goals during the season and yeah i was also
00:41in training cup with them probably not very active in social media but yeah we are with the guys trying
00:48to be better and for sure trying to take the best performance possible to this big big race
00:54um sorry i said now there are in this week four mountain stages with several climbs very long very
01:05steep also in the same stage isaac the question is do you feel ready to this kind of effort
01:11what about your shape your sensation now
01:14yes uh i think uh i feel quite okay i think i am the one of the best shapes of my life and i think
01:25before i did good performance in time i don't have like confidence to this last week yeah but because
01:32it's difficult for everybody but i need to believe that i can be able to do it and i want to be smart in
01:39there and try to do the best with the team to manage as far as we can the gc
01:49one for machin and isaac as well maybe and machin can you tell us what the career plan was for isaac in
01:57terms of did you have a year in mind when he would be contending for grand tours and and isaac did you
02:05think that it would happen in a year or two years or three years was this something that was in your
02:10head
02:15the idea absolutely with the with the isaac is give the confidence never the depression last year
02:22starting the vuelta spania is the one week is sick for this is believing in his carrying growing every
02:31every moment and maintaining the plan maintaining the program maintaining the ambition and it's not
02:38always the situation of the one week sick for this is the don't have a problem but is the belief in
02:46himself belief in the in the potential believing the in the starting the race and it's a super super
02:53honest man in the moment of the acts to the help for example in torreno acts and after in the milan torreno
03:00torino is uh for he is uh ready for try to win and winner a mode champion for this is the
03:09crow crow crow crow and in that moment is the pin jersey is the best rider in the race is the best shape
03:17and uh continuing this line uh i don't know for sure you want to be good when you're like a kid and you
03:27want to be better i have some big steps in my career so far and i need to believe it quickly and
03:33also understand what's happening around me sometimes but yes of course i want to be out there because
03:39it's like a dream of everybody but sometimes i want to go step by step not even if it's a short
03:45step i want to do it in the right direction and of course you never want to come back
03:49and yes i'm learning how to enjoy this from my teammates because they are uh with a lot more
03:57experience and i just want to follow them and don't take the pressure they help me a lot with this
04:10um i have a question for isaac as well tomorrow there's already some rain forecast to rentonico and
04:17the weather may play a vital role now in the final week of the race um the weather being complicated
04:24would this be something that would benefit you or otherwise
04:31i want to realize like it's the same for everybody for sure if it is bad it's bad for everybody
04:37to be honest i was too much cold it's the worst feeling for me but i want to realize like it's the
04:44same and if we are hot or too cold it will be the same for the whole bunch and yeah we try to be
04:52in the front in the race and try to stay there
05:04okay nice to go
05:06hi isaac we've seen your race with lots of instinct so far um is that the way you like to
05:16race and will you race that for the the rest of the mountain stages or will you listen more maybe to
05:21the team and and use the team i don't know maybe i am not so smart sometimes and i need to think more
05:31about it i'm new in this type of positions and for sure today i knew like everybody will try and i
05:39want to be attentive always and yeah i want to be in the best position and take the defense really well
05:47and not be so offensive but always be there in the front in the race and knowing always what's happening
05:53no not just listening in the radio just who is going who is good because in the bunch when you are
05:59there you can see who is good and who is trying to keep the pacing or saving energy and also who is
06:06trying to attack later and then it's nice to be there but i don't think it's the smartest thing but
06:12yeah i need to like i said before i don't know all for sure i follow my instinct sometimes but
06:19yeah i need to be more smart i think
06:26you