Paul Magnier has been the dominant sprint force at the 2024 Tour of Britain. On this Saturday afternoon's stage 5, the prodigiously talented French youngster again impressed, taking his 3rd stage win of the race so far.
“I enjoyed it a lot!" reflected the 20-year-old with delight in his post-stage interview afterwards. "It was really hard to catch the break, Remco Evenepoel did everything, he’s a super fast rider as you know. Julian Alaphilippe brought me every time to the front and I saved a lot of energy there, and in the end I did my best, sprint for the victory.”
With Olav Kooij holding the Tour of Britain record for most stage wins in one edition, that coming twelve months ago, with four, Magnier can now hope to match the Dutchman's feat on Sunday's stage 6 finale to the 2024 edition. “Why not?” he concludes optimistically. “We’ll try, for sure. It’s already super nice to take three victories, but for sure tomorrow we’ll try to go again.”
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Results | Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour of Britain:
| 1 | Magnier Paul | Soudal Quick-Step | 20 | 03:12:09 |
| 2 | Blikra Erlend | Uno-X Mobility | 15 | + 00 |
| 3 | Vernon Ethan | Israel-Premier Tech | 10 | + 00 |
| 4 | Govekar Matevz | Bahrain Victorious | 5 | + 00 |
| 5 | Pedersen Rasmus Søjberg | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team | 3 | + 00 |
| 6 | Donaldson Robert | Trinity Racing | + 00 | |
| 7 | Hayter Ethan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 | |
| 8 | Donnenwirth Tom | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team | + 00 | |
| 9 | Townsend Rory | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | + 00 | |
| 10 | van Uden Casper | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 00 | |
| 11 | Zambanini Edoardo | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 | |
| 12 | Pidcock Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 | |
| 13 | Augé Ronan | Groupama-FDJ Conti | + 00 | |
| 14 | Thornley Callum | Trinity Racing | + 00 | |
| 15 | Wood Oliver | Saint Piran | + 00 | |
| 16 | Flynn Sean | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 00 | |
| 17 | Bower Lewis | Groupama-FDJ Conti | + 00 | |
| 18 | Leroux Samuel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | + 00 | |
| 19 | Swift Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 | |
| 20 | Scott Jacob | REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland | + 00 |
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