{"id":263097,"date":"2026-09-17T15:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/tour-of-slovakia-paul-magnier-wins-again-by-country-mile-on-stage-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:34:57","slug":"tour-of-slovakia-paul-magnier-wins-again-by-country-mile-on-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/tour-of-slovakia-paul-magnier-wins-again-by-country-mile-on-stage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Slovakia: Paul Magnier wins again by country mile on stage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-9bcdddfa-b286-11f1-ba92-11fdfad7dbdf\">Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) won once again on stage 2 of the Tour of Slovakia, prevailing in a bunch sprint in Liptovsk\u0177 Mikul\u00e1\u0161 and extending his overall race lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman beat Thomas Capra (Bahrain Victorious Development Team) and Simon Van\u00ed\u010dek (ATT Investments) to the line at the end of the 186.8km stage to score his 10th victory of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside id=\"seasonal_0\" class=\"ecom-root\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-9bcdddfa-b286-11f1-ba92-11fdfad7dbdf-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The sprint came after the day&#8217;s early breakaway was caught 16km from the line. 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