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Tour De France: Jonathan Milan Wins Stage 8 in a Sprint Finish
FRANCE, JUL 12 – Jonathan Milan won the uphill sprint on Stage 8 despite losing his lead-out man, overcoming key rivals including Wout Van Aert, who has now finished second 48 times, ProCyclingStats said.
- Jonathan Milan, an Italian rider for Lidl-Trek, won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Laval, France, by a sprint finish.
- The stage followed a slow start after a tough Friday, with two French riders breaking away late before the peloton set a higher pace to favor sprinters.
- Milan overtook Australian Kaden Groves and held off Belgian Wout van Aert by about half a bike length in a gripping sprint, earning his first Tour stage victory.
- Milan acknowledged that their timing was slightly premature, but emphasized that the team was highly concentrated and confident in their approach today.
- The defending champion, Tadej Pogacar, kept hold of the overall lead with a 54-second advantage over Remco Evenepoel as the riders prepare for a predominantly flat ninth stage from Chinon to Chateauroux on Sunday.
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Tour de France: Jonathan Milan wins stage eight; Australian Kaden Groves misses out - Overpasses For America
Jonathan Milan has won stage eight of the Tour de France in a mass bunch sprint ahead of Wout van Aert and Kaden Groves. Queensland sprinter Groves came his closest yet to winning a stage at the Tour de France but ran out of steam as he had to settle for third place in Laval. On a day for pure sprinters and with no change at the top of the overall rankings, Lidl-Trek’s Milan was the first Italian to win a stage on the Tour since Vincenzo Nibali …
The Italian Jonathan Milan achieved his first victory in the Tour de France on Saturday in Laval, at the end of an eighth stage that ended as planned at the esprint, while the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retained his yellow leotard as leader. Italy, one of the traditional cycling countries, thus achieved its first stage victory in six years in the ‘Grande Boucle’, since Vincenzo Nibali took the 20th stage in 2019.It was after a mainly flat journey o…
Italian cycling pro Jonathan Milan has won the eighth stage of the Tour de France.
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