> "There was a moment that was almost embarrassing," the little climber continues. "There was a moment where I braked on purpose so he could pass me, but he didn't want to and braked in front of me. And I said, 'what's going on?' We gave him some time to react. But the gap went back to more than two minutes, and I had to accelerate again after I decided to see if Del Toro would explode."
> That didn't happen. Yates had a 2-minute lead at the top and was virtually in pink. Carapaz still wanted to go full throttle in the chase, but Del Toro decided not to cooperate. 'On the descent he braked and said he wanted to wait for his team, but they were more than three minutes behind. I explained everything to him, and it was too late when he wanted to help. By the time his team arrived, it was too late. He said: "Now we go together", but Yates already had five minutes and an important teammate ahead of him', he refers to Wout van Aert, who extended Yates' lead from 2 to 5 minutes.
> Although Carapaz says he doesn't care that much anymore, his words show some pain, but also reproach towards Del Toro. 'He became obsessed with me, and I didn't quite understand it. It was a strange tactic. A leader shouldn't react like that, but everyone plays their own cards. I gave it to him on a silver platter. He only had to do the descent and then the next valley.' Have the two spoken to each other again? 'I wanted to talk to him because I didn't understand what had happened, but he ignored me.'
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