Magnier avoids crash and sprints to win Giro d'Italia opening stage
- On Friday, Soudal-Quick-Step rider Paul Magnier won the opening 147km stage of the 2026 Giro d'Italia in Burgas, Bulgaria, claiming his first Grand Tour victory and the overall lead.
- A massive crash 600m from the finish line disrupted the finale, involving around 15 riders, though no competitors lost time due to the incident's proximity to the end.
- In the sprint, Magnier "pipped Tobias Lund Andresen" to secure the pink jersey, becoming the first Frenchman to wear the overall lead since Bruno Armirail three years ago.
- Sprinters Kaden Groves and Dylan Groenewegen were caught in the accident, with Groves' Alpecin-PremierTech team confirming he "seems okay." Magnier leads Lund Andresen by four seconds overall.
- Saturday's second stage will test the peloton's overall contenders, covering 221km from Burgas to Veliko Tarnovo in the 109th edition of the race.
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The 22-year-old Frenchman won in Bulgaria the best victory of his young career in the first stage of the Giro. ...
For the first time in its history, the tour of Italy starts in Bulgaria. The Frenchman Paul Magnier can decide the starting stage for himself. It is overshadowed by a mass collapse just before the finish.
The French cyclist Paul Magnier, of the Soudal Quick-Step, became this Friday the first leader of the Giro de Italia after imposing himself in the first stage contested in Bulgaria, between the towns of Nessebar and Burgas over 147 kilometers, and marked by a fall in the last kilometer. Magnier was the fastest in a final arrival reduced to a dozen runners, after just 700 meters there was a fall in the front of the large group that ostensibly red…
For the first time, the Giro d'Italia has been launched in Bulgaria. The kick-off stage was marked by a mass collapse just before the finish. There are four candidates for the overall victory, including the big Toppavorit.
On Friday, Frenchman Paul Magnier chose the start of the Giro d'Italia in Bulgaria, influenced by a mass crash on the finish line. After the crash, which lasted most of the field, the Soudal pro won the sprint of a small group in front of the Norwegian Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon) and the British Ethan Vernon (NSN). For the 22-year-old Magnier it was the first victory on one of the three large country tours.The expected mass sprint did not o…
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