Tour of Britain

Stage 4: Derby - Newark-On-Trent

GB United Kingdom Friday 06 September 2024 138.5 km

Magnificent Magnier does it again

Magnificent Magnier does it again

Paul Magnier delivered our team’s 25th stage victory at the Tour of Britain as he became the new points classification leader with just two days to go, after another dominant sprint, this time in Newark-on-Trent, not that far from the famous Sherwood Forest.

On the finishing straight, just after a right-hand corner, Magnier came off the wheel of an excellent Julian Alaphilippe – who once again charged forward with his countryman on his wheel, producing an incredible lead-out – and capitalised on his teammate’s flawless piloting. The 20-year-old stomped from Grenoble his authority on the bunch sprint as he powered like a locomotive to his fourth victory in the pro ranks and his second of the week.

“I’m delighted with this win, which once again wouldn’t have been possible without my incredible team. They controlled the race in the headwind, then put me in an excellent position for the finale, where it was very fast due to the tailwind. I had a lot of confidence and did a good sprint. Finishing it off makes me very happy, especially as this was one of the stages I was targeting before the start of the race.”

“I’m really proud to be part of Soudal Quick-Step, it’s something that motivates me and it feels amazing to contribute to this squad’s incredible palmares. We have two victories so far and it would be nice if we could add to these in the remaining stages. The jersey is a bonus and having it on my shoulders makes me keen on doing my best to take it home”, said Paul, the first French rider this century to score a pair of stages at a single edition of the Tour of Britain.

 

Photo credit: ©SWpix

Race details

1 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
3:11:54
2 Ethan Vernon
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
3 Erlend Blikra
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
4 Noah Hobbs
Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ
0:00
5 Matevž Govekar
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
6 Robert Donaldson
Trinity Racing
0:00
7 Ethan Hayter
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
8 Rory Townsend
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:00
9 Casper van Uden
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
10 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
25 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
67 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
72 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
73 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
85 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
1:05
1 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
14:50:47
2 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:16
3 Mark Donovan
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
0:40
4 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:41
5 Tom Donnenwirth
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
0:41
6 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
1:05
7 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:21
8 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
1:33
9 Jelte Krijnsen
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
1:42
10 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
1:43
27 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
2:45
29 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
3:32
87 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
43:58
88 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
46:07
1 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
70 pt
2 Stephen Williams
Israel - Premier Tech
51 pt
3 Ethan Vernon
Israel - Premier Tech
36 pt
4 Julius Johansen
Sabgal / Anicolor
30 pt
5 Jelte Krijnsen
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
25 pt
6 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
22 pt
7 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
21 pt
8 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
19 pt
9 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
18 pt
10 Callum Thornley
Trinity Racing
18 pt
26 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
32 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
36 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Callum Thornley
Trinity Racing
50 pt
2 Dean Harvey
Trinity Racing
24 pt
3 Laurent Gervais
Project Echelon Racing
20 pt
4 Baptiste Veistroffer
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
19 pt
5 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
18 pt
6 Nickolas Zukowsky
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
18 pt
7 Cade Bickmore
Project Echelon Racing
17 pt
8 Julius Johansen
Sabgal / Anicolor
14 pt
9 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal Quick-Step
12 pt
10 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
12 pt
20 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
5 pt
21 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
22 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
24 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
1 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
14:51:03
2 Joseph Blackmore
Israel - Premier Tech
0:25
3 Louis Sutton
Great Britain
0:49
4 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
1:05
5 Noa Isidore
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
1:31
6 Robert Donaldson
Trinity Racing
1:49
7 Fergus Browning
Trinity Racing
1:53
8 Antoine L'Hote
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team
1:55
9 Nils Aebersold
Lidl - Trek Future Racing
2:14
10 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
2:29
32 Martin Svrček
Soudal Quick-Step
45:51
1 Israel - Premier Tech 44:35:31
2 Soudal Quick-Step 1:06
3 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team 1:29
4 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 2:51
5 INEOS Grenadiers 2:55
6 Great Britain 3:10
7 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 3:30
8 Sabgal / Anicolor 4:30
9 Lidl - Trek Future Racing 8:40
10 Trinity Racing 9:39

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