Isaac del Toro fined for celebrating his victory with a broken zipper on his jersey

New episode of superficial legislation and excessive rigor by the referee judges when applying UCI regulations when Mexican Isaac del Toro crossed the finish line of the Milan-Turin with his jersey open due to a broken zipper, which has cost him a financial penalty and the loss of the points that would have corresponded to him for the victory.

Isaac del Toro crossing the finish line with his jersey open damages the image of the sport according to the UCI

From the creators of "socks cannot be too high" comes "crossing the finish line with the jersey open damages the image of cycling". Once again, the race commissioners show an excess of zeal when applying UCI regulations in one of the many nonsensical situations that cycling still retains.

The situation occurred during the recent edition of the Milan-Turin, the oldest classic on the calendar that in this 2025 edition included the double final ascent to the basilica of Superga, above the city of Turin. An ascent where the Mexican from UAE Team Emirates-XRG selected the race with the last kilometer in sight, after an excellent job by Adam Yates. Ben Tullet and Tobias Johannessen resisted his attack, but could not resist the final acceleration with the finish line in sight.

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The curious image, atypical in current cycling where cyclists obsessively care about aerodynamics and with today's garments that allow optimal transpiration, was that, throughout the final part of the race, del Toro was wearing his jersey open and in this way crossed the finish line. Later we would find out that the jersey had not been closed due to a broken zipper halfway through the race, and since it was one of the increasingly common full-body suits, obviously changing it on the road was not an option.

That was not an excuse for the referee judges present at the Italian race, who imposed a fine of 200 Swiss francs and the withdrawal of the UCI points earned with the victory for Isaac del Toro for "damaging the image of the sport," as specified in article 2.12.007-8.6 of the UCI regulations.

Once again, controversy has not been lacking, with fans commenting on why things like these are fined and, for example, emphasis is not placed on solving problems such as the one that practically caused the entire peloton to be confused and enter outside the finish line in the first stage of the recently disputed Volta ao Algarve.

In any case, the sanction remains an anecdote for a team like UAE Team Emirates-XRG, with an abundance of points and budget, and Mexican Isaac del Toro is already in Italian lands ready to repeat the same performance shown in Superga during the climb to Poggio di San Remo, where he must be one of the key players to tilt the balance for the desired victory of Tadej Pogacar in the Milan-San Remo.