Vingegaard starts quest for Grand Tour triple as Magnier wins Giro d'Italia opening stage
Magnier won in 3 hours, 21 minutes and will wear the pink shirt after a crash-marred sprint finish.
- On Friday, French rider Paul Magnier claimed the Giro d'Italia opening stage after a sprint finish on the 147-kilometer course from Nessebar to Burgas on the Black Sea coast.
- Bulgaria is hosting the Giro's opening three stages, with the race concluding in Rome on May 31 after the three-week Grand Tour.
- Magnier finished in 3 hours, 21 minutes, edging Tobias Lund Andresen at the line; several riders crashed when a temporary barrier was clipped during the final kilometer.
- Magnier, who rides for Soudal Quick-Step, will wear the pink shirt for Stage 2, while Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo Visma begins his bid to win all three Grand Tours.
- A hilly 221-kilometer route from Burgas to Tarnovo awaits riders on Saturday, while cycling's top talent Tadej Poga skips the Giro to focus on July's Tour.
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The second stage of this year's Giro d'Italia offers a tricky ending, with a climb shortly before the finish.
The ball is rolling, the Giro d’Italia has started. Unfortunately, it also brought a first major crash, in which Dylan Groenewegen was one of the victims. The pink dream is over. Paul Magnier, however, stayed out of trouble. The Frenchman won in Bulgaria and claimed the first leader's jersey. Niek Goedvolk discusses the moment 600 meters from the finish where the crash occurred with Roxane Knetemann and cycling reporter Daniël Dwarswaard.
Mass collapse just before the finish: Paul Magnier wins the Giro opening in the Bulgarian Burgas and takes over the Rosa jersey. A German misses the surprise coup, Jonas Vingegaard is spared the chaos.
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Vingegaard starts quest for Grand Tour triple as Magnier wins Giro d'Italia opening stage
Jonas Vingegaard has started his quest to complete a Grand Tour triple after finishing the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia safely in the pack.
The pink race starts from Nessebar and immediately crowns the French Paul Magnier, winner of the flight of Burgas after a maxi fall in the final. Deliberate for Jonathan Milan, only fourth. Quiet day for the favorite Vingegaard and the men in the standings.
Paul Magnier was awarded the inaugural stage of the Giro de Italia after the French rider won on Friday in an esprint, while the favorite Jonas Vingegaard ended up without problems in the platoon.
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