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.
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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Results
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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
General classification after stage 2
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Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal-QuickStep
8:33:12
2
Carl Kagevi (Swe) Lucky Sport Cycling Team
0:00:13
3
Martin Bárta (Cze) Att Investments
0:00:14
4
Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis
0:00:15
5
Thomas Capra (Ita) Bahrain Victorious Development Team
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Sander Granberg (Nor) Team Drali- Repsol
0:00:17
7
Nicolas Ginter (Swi) Tirol Ktm Cycling Team
0:00:19
8
Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United
0:00:21
9
Dominik Neuman (Cze) Att Investments
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Giacomo Villa (Ita) Biesse-Carrera-Premac
Row 9 - Cell 2
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor before being hired full-time. Her favourite races include the Paris-Roubaix, Tour de France Femmes, Tro-Bro Léon, and cycling's fourth Grand Tour, the Volta a Portugal.
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