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Magnier has now won his first race of the season two years in a row. That must be a quite rare feat, so who - besides Pogacar of course - is the last to do so?

Just to clarify: I don't have the answer - I'm looking for it 😁
It's surprisingly obvious: Luke Plapp, 2021, 2024 and 2025 Aussie TT championships and 2022 and 2023 road race. Five years running!
 
Magnier has now won his first race of the season two years in a row. That must be a quite rare feat, so who - besides Pogacar of course - is the last to do so?

Just to clarify: I don't have the answer - I'm looking for it 😁
He's not the last to do that feat, but I want to mention Alessandro Petacchi here for someone who didn't have it as easy as Plapp.

We're starting in 2002, when his first race of the season was the TTT in Paris-Nice where he was on the winning team. Then he won his first race in 2003 (Trofeo Luis Puig), 2004 (Stage 1 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca), 2005 (GP Costa degli Etruschi) and 2006 (again GP Costa degli Etruschi). That's five years of winning his first race of the season.

Then in 2007 he made the huge mistake of riding the Tour of Qatar, where he started off with three 2nd places in a row. If he had just stuck to his normal schedule, he would have continued his streak as he again won the GP Costa degli Etruschi shortly after Qatar.

In 2008 he again failed in the non-sprint friendly first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia, before winning three stages later in the race. In 2009 he finally came to his senses again, starting off with the customary victory in the GP Costa degli Etruschi, popularly known as GP Alessandro Petacchi. In 2010 he also won it, but he had ridden the Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria before, which had a mountain stage on the first day. He did win two stages there however.

So in total, he has a streak of five years of winning his first race, then another to take his total to six. And it could have been so much more if he had stayed away from those pesky stage races with tough opening stages.
 
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He's not the last to do that feat, but I want to mention Alessandro Petacchi here for someone who didn't have it as easy as Plapp.

We're starting in 2002, when his first race of the season was the TTT in Paris-Nice where he was on the winning team. Then he won his first race in 2003 (Trofeo Luis Puig), 2004 (Stage 1 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca), 2005 (GP Costa degli Etruschi) and 2006 (again GP Costa degli Etruschi). That's five years of winning his first race of the season.

Then in 2007 he made the huge mistake of riding the Tour of Qatar, where he started off with three 2nd places in a row. If he had just stuck to his normal schedule, he would have continued his streak as he again won the GP Costa degli Etruschi shortly after Qatar.

In 2008 he again failed in the non-sprint friendly first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia, before winning three stages later in the race. In 2009 he finally came to his senses again, starting off with the customary victory in the GP Costa degli Etruschi, popularly known as GP Alessandro Petacchi. In 2010 he also won it, but he had ridden the Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria before, which had a mountain stage on the first day. He did win two stages there however.

So in total, he has a streak of five years of winning his first race, then another to take his total to six. And it could have been so much more if he had stayed away from those pesky stage races with tough opening stages.
Also Boonen in Qatar from 2006 to 2008.