VALENCIA, SPAIN - JANUARY 25: (L-R) Paul Magnier of France and Team Soudal Quick-Step Devo on second place, race winner Dylan Groenewegen of Netherlands and Team Unibet Rose Rockets and Emilien Jeanniere of France and Team TotalEnergies on third place pose on the podium ceremony after the 42nd Classica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran premio Valencia 2026 a 200km one day race from La Nucia to Valencia on January 25, 2026 in Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Antonio Baixauli/Getty Images).
The Classica Comunitat Valenciana may only have been Unibet Rose Rockets' third race day of the season, and star signing Dylan Groenewegen's first, but they already have their first victory of 2026 in the bag.
The Dutch sprinter, who stepped down from WorldTour team Jayco AlUla to the French ProTeam, beat Paul Magnier and Emilien Jeannière to the line in Valencia. That 78th win of his career was aided by another famous fastman new in the team this year, too.
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