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05/08 10:12 CDT Vingegaard starts quest for Grand Tour triple as Magnier wins
Giro d'Italia opening stage
Vingegaard starts quest for Grand Tour triple as Magnier wins Giro d'Italia
opening stage
BURGAS, Bulgaria (AP) --- Paul Magnier claimed the opening stage of the Giro
d'Italia after the French rider won a sprint finish, while race favorite Jonas
Vingegaard finished safely in the pack on Friday.
Magnier, who rides for Soudal Quick-Step, will wear the pink shirt for Stage 2
after his first win at a three-week Grand Tour.
The Giro's opening three stages are being held in Bulgaria. The opening stage
was a flat 147-kilometer (91-mile) course from Nessebar to Burgas on the Black
Sea coast. Magnier finished the stage in 3 hours, 21 minutes, edging Tobias
Lund Andresen at the finish line.
Several riders went down in a crash when a rider clipped a temporary barrier
during the run-in over the final kilometer. It appears all the riders who fell
managed to get up and finish the stage.
Vingegaard is aiming to complete the rare feat of winning all three Grand
Tours. The Danish leader of Jumbo Visma team won the Tour de France in 2022 and
2023 and the Spanish Vuelta last year. This year, he won the Paris-Nice and
Volta de Catalonia weeklong races in March.
Tadej Pogacar, cycling's top talent, is skipping the Giro to focus on adding to
his four Tour titles in July.
Saturday's stage is a hilly 221-kilometer ride from Burgas to Tarnovo.
The Giro finishes in Rome on May 31.
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