and Cesare Chesini rode in the white jersey of the best young competitor Eighty-five kilometres before the finish line the peloton swallowed up all twelve cyclists after Ingebrigtsen won the hill premium in Mutkov ahead of Gieryk and Michels from Belgium Ruiz from Colombia won the sprint premium in Sternberk After a calmer passage, the trio of Thierry (France), Kess (Luxembourg), and Noviero (Italy) broke to the front Exemplary cooperation gave the trio of young competitors a lead of up to two minutes and forty-five seconds the peloton began to pedal with all their might in an attempt to catch up with the breakaway group In favour of the main group was the fact that the route included the Tvrdkov climbing bonus where the cyclists had to climb 6,200 metres at an average gradient of 4.6 per cent the pursuing racers managed to reduce the deficit to forty seconds but their lead was reduced by a further fifteen seconds the admirable performance of the breakaway riders was not enough to maintain their distance from their pursuers the peloton was just two hundred metres behind them The trio had already been absorbed back into the main field before the final race for the line and the winner of the stage was decided by a sprint in which the Frenchman Magnier had the most strength He rides on the World Tour roster of the Soudal Quick Step team and has already completed this year's Tour of Oman The Frenchman leads the points classification with two stages to go Paul Magnier took a spectacular win on the second stage of the Course de la Paix 5.3%) – came in the last 20 kilometers Victorious in Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx and a Tour of Oman stage so far in his maiden pro season in the colors of Soudal Quick-Step Paul rode here together with the French National Team who made sure of protecting him the entire stage before launching him to a crushing solo win Magnier surprised everyone by accelerating inside the final 500 meters of Friday’s stage his incredible burst of speed leaving all the other riders trailing and propelling the 20-year-old to a success that came with the green jersey as bonus “Our plan today was to make the race really hard so that the sprinters wouldn’t find it easy in the finale I opened my sprint from second wheel on a left-hand corner and could carry that speed all the way to the line I’m very happy with this win and with the confidence it brings especially as the Course de la Paix is my first race in four weeks” Paul said after his third success of the year Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images to know how many times a particular page is read We only use this information to improve the content of our website These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent part of a six-man British squad at this latest round of the UCI U23 Nations’ Cup finished eleven seconds behind overall winner David Gardu of France Geoghegan Hart started the Course de la Paix with ninth place on the opening 134km stage between Jesenik and Rymarov following a sprint finish involving more than 90 riders and won by Austria’s Daniel Auer – with teammate Oliver Wood placing highest in British colours Cool race in amongst some stunning scenery. Thanks @BritishCycling & the boss Keith Lambert for chance to pull on the GB jersey saw Geoghegan Hart as part of a four-man breakaway with Frenchman Gardu racing away to win the stage by seven seconds with the young British rider taking second In second place in the general classification ahead of the final stage the London rider finished three seconds behind breakaway race winner Bjorg Lambrecht of Belgium in the main peloton – to secure an overall podium finish following the three-day event Successful 3 days in Course De La Paix for GB, 2 riders in top 10 on each stage, and 2nd in GC for @taogeoghegan There was also a top ten finish for Great Britain Cycling Team’s James Knox – who took sixth overall in the general classification The British efforts over the weekend secured second place in the team results two minutes and one second behind winners Italy Get the help you need in case of an incident enter your username and we will send a password reset to your registered email address enter the email address with which your account is registered and we will send you a reminder We have found a match between your Facebook account and British Cycling To link accounts please enter your British Cycling password Join us Find out more Tel 0161 274 2000 © 2025 British CyclingAll Rights Reserved.