Magnus Cort Nielsen does it again! Dane takes dominant stage 2 win at O Gran Camiño 2025 to extend his GC lead

Magnus Cort Nielsen has taken a second victory in as many days at O Gran Camiño 2025, dominating in an uphill sprint finish to stage 2, extending his overall race lead in the process. 

Just three riders formed the breakaway, giving the peloton something to chase. Two of them had been on the attack on stage 1 too, with those being Alvaro Sagrado (Illes Balears Arabay) and Ander Okamika (Burgos Burpellet BH), as Rémi Daumas (Groupama-FDJ) completed the group. Although they held well over three minutes advantage at one point, heading into the final 40km, the break's lead was already dropping under the one minute mark.

Finally, the breakaway's day out front was ended with 19km to go. Unlike on stage 1 though, where the end of the break proceeded an intense fight before the final sprint, on stage 2, the punchy, uphill finale ensured the likelihood of an entire peloton coming to the line together was slim.

The first big attack on the climb came from Israel - Premier Tech's Derek Gee, with the Canadian's move immediately putting race leader Magnus Cort Nielsen into difficulty. In total, only five riders were able to live with Gee's attack as Davide Piganzoli, Remy Rochas, Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda, Mauri Vansevenant and the Maillot Jaune's Uno-X Mobility teammate Andreas Kron.

Impressively though, with 6km to go, the rest of the Uno-X team had managed to drag Magnus Cort Nielsen back to the head of the race, swallowing up the Gee-led attack. Almost immediately though, the attacks started right back up again. As the final climb began, French youngster Maxime Decomble was dangling narrowly out in front of the Uno-X train. Inside 2km to go he was still 5 seconds clear, but at 1.1km to go, Decomble's brave move was over. 

The came the fight for the stage win. In a reduced uphill sprint, Magnus Cort Nielsen stormed to the victory yet again ahead of Martin Marcellusi and Carlos Canal, extending his GC lead in the process.