Overview
- UAE Team Emirates announced on Thursday that Isaac del Toro has signed a new contract keeping him at the team until the end of 2031, posting the news in a communiqué and on its official social account under the message “TORITO × 2031.”
- The extension follows Del Toro’s breakout 2026 season in which he finished third at the Tour de France, won a stage and the white jersey, and claimed overall wins at the UAE Tour, Tirreno–Adriático and the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Del Toro, 22, issued a statement on the team website saying the long-term deal gives him confidence and that he feels supported to continue developing within the squad.
- The team left Del Toro out of its announced Vuelta a España roster, a move the team described as part of managing his immediate race programme rather than a change to its long-term plans.
- UAE frames the extension as succession planning inside a squad built around Tadej Pogačar, a dynamic that could shape leadership roles in Grand Tours and deter rival teams from pursuing the young Mexican talent.