If the double world champion never ceases to crush the races, Paul Magnier has also stacked victories since the beginning of the year.
Tadej Pogacar struck very hard on Sunday at the world championships in Rwanda on Sunday. One year after his incredible demonstration of force in Zurich, the runner Slovenian delivered a new recital to keep his rainbow jersey, attacking more than 100 kilometers from the finish and ending on a solo raid of more than 60 kilometers.
The world number one still appears alone in the world and will once again be the most victorious runner in 2025. While he has the online race for the European Championships and the Tour of Lombardy, where he will aim for a fourth victory in a row, the leader of Team Uae-Emirates already displays 17 success in the clock, three more than his first pursuers, Mads Pedersen and Tim Merlier.
But another sprinter got closer to the podium at the Tour de Croatia. Winner of the first two stages, Paul Magnier brought his total victories to 12 in 2025. Unheard of French runner since 2020 and the 14 victories stacked by Arnaud Démare.
Above all, the runner of the Quick-Step has appeared unstoppable for two weeks. In two weeks, the Frenchman has indeed accumulated six victories, including four on the Tour de Slovakia where he had signed a flawlessness before letting go in the last stage.
A role extended in 2026
And if for the time being, the Texas native must be satisfied with second -class races, the situation should be different in 2026 since the Flanderian classics of the spring should be part of his program. “He will evolve in the hierarchy, but we will not say in the newspapers that he will win the Tour des Flanders. I don’t think it’s possible today, but why not a semi-classic “Recently entrusted France Info Frederik Paperback, his trainer at the Quick-Step.
Paul Magnier should be ambitious. “Winning the sprint is an advantage, but the classics make me dream more”He also indicated to the team, not intending to be confined to the only arrivals at the sprint. A sector where Quick-Step already has on Tim Merlier.
