{"id":660923,"date":"2026-05-10T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660923\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:26:10","slug":"soudal-quick-step-pro-cycling-team-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660923\/","title":{"rendered":"Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soudal Quick-Step will leave Bulgaria with two victories in the bag after Paul Magnier made the double in Sofia, at the end of the opening weekend\u2019s third and final stage.<\/p>\n

Wearing his Castelli ciclamino wooed suit, Paul Magnier delivered our team\u2019s 130th Grand Tour stage victory, thanks to a phenomenal sprint and a perfectly-executed bike throw in the closing meters of Sunday\u2019s stage to become just the ninth Frenchman with multiple victories at a single edition of the Corsa Rosa.<\/p>\n

Bulgaria\u2019s capital was prepared for a bunch gallop, but it almost didn\u2019t happen, as a three-man breakaway came close to giving the chasers the slip. The catch was made just 500 meters from the line, on the wide boulevards of Sofia and just before the peloton entered a cobbled stretch that made sprinting even more demanding.<\/p>\n

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Soudal Quick-Step\u2019s Frenchman let the others open the sprint before launching another huge acceleration in the last 150 meters to edge out Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) on the line and rack up his 28th victory for the Wolfpack. It was a win that helped the 22-year-old consolidate his lead in the maglia ciclamino classification, which has now increased to more than 40 points ahead of the race traveling to Italy for the fourth stage, set to take place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

I dreamed about winning again after my first success here and I\u2019m happy I could do it before leaving this country, where we felt great.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was to be well-positioned with one kilometer to go, and that\u2019s what we did. The guys were fantastic, just like on Friday\u2019s stage, and I want to thank them for that. It feels amazing to beat some of the best sprinters in the world and keep the beautiful ciclamino jersey on my shoulders\u201d, said the youngest ever French rider to score two victories at a Giro d\u2019Italia edition.<\/p>\n

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