{"id":331548,"date":"2025-12-06T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331548\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:15:09","slug":"my-number-one-goal-is-the-classics-but-also-the-sprints-paul-magnier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331548\/","title":{"rendered":"‘My number one goal is the Classics but also the sprints’ – Paul Magnier"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his second year of racing at the WorldTour level, Paul Magnier<\/a> racked up 19 victories in a hugely successful 2025 season, ending with a strong second half of the season. The Soudal-QuickStep rider claimed the second-most wins of any men’s rider behind only Tadej Poga\u010dar in 2025.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to next season, Magnier told Cyclism’Actu at the V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or awards<\/a> that he wants to keep progressing through training, aim for the Giro, and above all, focus on the Classics and sprinting.<\/p>\n

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In 2026, with Soudal-Quickstep having a renewed focus on the Classics and sprints with the departure of Remco Evenepoel, Magnier is ready to step up on the toughest one-day races with his teammates.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy number one goal is the Classics, but also the sprints. I’ve discovered a real talent for sprinting, and I’d like to improve in the Classics,\u201d he told Cyclism\u2019Actu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we’ll have a much stronger team, with riders like [Jasper] Stuyven and [Dylan] Van Baarle. That will allow us to arrive with a solid team, and it’s up to me to find my place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old is still figuring out where he fits in the cycling world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don’t really know, even I don’t know exactly yet. But the spirit of the classics suits me well. Tough races are something I love, even if I still have some hurdles to overcome. It really motivates me to try and win a major Classic one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though Magnier definitely has the Giro d\u2019Italia <\/a>in his sights for 2026, where he struggled in his Grand Tour debut this year, he does not think that the Tour de France is on his short-term horizon, though he is \u201ceagerly awaiting my participation in the Tour in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to pressure, Magnier admits that most of it comes from himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put the pressure on myself. I want to improve and have fun in the Classics. And to have fun, you have to be at the front. That’s what I’m going to prepare for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In his second year of racing at the WorldTour level, Paul Magnier racked up 19 victories in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-331548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}