Vernon doubles up on Tour of Slovakia stage 1

VILANOVA I LA GELTRU SPAIN MARCH 25 Ethan Vernon of United Kingdom and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl celebrates winning the stage on the podium ceremony after the 101st Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2022 Stage 5 a 2063km stage from La Pobla de Segur to Vilanova i la Geltr VoltaCatalunya101 WorldTour on March 25 2022 in Vilanova i la Geltru Spain Photo by David RamosGetty Images

Ethan Vernon (Image credit: Getty Images)

Ethan Vernon made it two stage wins in two stages at the Tour of Slovakia. After taking out the prologue ahead of teammates Josef Cerny and Michael Mørkøv, Vernon was led expertly to the finale of stage 1 in Trnava where he out-sprinted Astana's Gleb Syritsa.

The stage win extended the Briton's lead in the race to 17 seconds over Cerny and 25 on Mørkøv.

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