Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) won once again on stage 2 of the Tour of Slovakia, prevailing in a bunch sprint in Liptovskŷ Mikuláš and extending his overall race lead.
The Frenchman beat Thomas Capra (Bahrain Victorious Development Team) and Simon Vaníček (ATT Investments) to the line at the end of the 186.8km stage to score his 10th victory of the 2026 season.
The sprint came after the day’s early breakaway was caught 16km from the line. Carl Kagevi (Lucky Sport), Martin Bárta (ATT Investments), and Zsombor Palumby (United Shipping) had been out in the move all day, racing to a lead of three minutes before they were brought back.
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From there, the sprinter’s teams took over, with Soudal-QuickStep and Groupama-FDJ United leading the way to the finale.
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Position |
Rider (Country) Team |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep |
4:40:21 |
|
2 |
Thomas Capra (Ita) Bahrain Victorious Development Team |
Row 1 – Cell 2 |
|
3 |
Šimon Vaníček (Cze) Att Investments |
Row 2 – Cell 2 |
|
4 |
Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis |
Row 3 – Cell 2 |
|
5 |
Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments |
Row 4 – Cell 2 |
|
6 |
Szymon Ilski (Pol) Voster Team |
Row 5 – Cell 2 |
|
7 |
Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United |
Row 6 – Cell 2 |
|
8 |
Stefan Verhoeff (Ned) Universe Cycling Team |
Row 7 – Cell 2 |
|
9 |
Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali- Repsol |
Row 8 – Cell 2 |
|
10 |
Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse – Carrera – Premac |
Row 9 – Cell 2 |
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