- Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 29hrs 48mins 30secs
- Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +54secs
- Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +1min 11secs
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 17secs
- Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1min 29secs
- Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 34secs
- Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +2mins 49secs
- Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora hansgrohe) +3mins 2secs
- Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora hansgrohe) +3mins 6secs
- Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 43secs
Jonathan Milan is the first Italian to win a stage at the Tour de France since Vincenzo Nibali’s success in Val Thorens (stage 20 of the Tour 2019).
That was 113 stages ago.
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Stage eight winner Jonathan Milan: “I think I still don’t understand what we did. To come with expectations and dreams and to bring them home are two different things.
“Today we were really focussed and believing and my guys did an amazing job until the final. I was not expecting it dragging up so much. I knew I had to wait as long as I could. I am really happy for the work we did and we deserve it. The level is so high and everyone is looking. I am really happy with this result. I will try to rest as much as possible tonight and see what we can do tomorrow.”
Lidl-Trek’s Jonathan Milan is now on 192 points in the race for the green jersey.
Tadej Pogacar is on 156 points with Binian Girmay a distant third on 124.
1. Jonathan Milan (Ita/Lidl-Trek) 3hrs 50mins 26secs
2. Wout Van Aert (Bel/Visma-Lease a Bike) Same time
3. Kaden Groves (Aus/Alpecin-Deceuninck) “
4. Pascal Ackermann (Ger/Israel Premier Tech) “
5. Arnaud De Lie (Fra/Lotto) “
6. Tobias Lund Andresen (Den/Picnic PostNL) “
7. Bryan Coquard (Fra/Cofidis) “
8. Alberto Dainese (Ita/Tudor Pro Cycling) “
9. Vincenzo Albanese (Ita/EF Education-EasyPost) “
10. Stian Fredheim (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) “
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Kaden Groves puts the hammer down but Jonathan Milan times his effort to perfection and outsprints Wout van Aert to win his first ever Tour de France stage.
Wout van Aert, Jonathan Milan and Kaden Groves get ready to launch…
Matteo Trentin hits the front.
Jonathan Milan is sat on Mathieu van der Poel’s wheel. Kaden Groves is just behind.
Here we go…Wout van Aert looks like he’s fancying a dig at this today.
The peloton is strung out as Alpecin-Deceuninck lift the pace.
Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is dropped.
Kaden Groves is up near the front. The Australian sprinter who is very much stepping in for Jasper Philipsen is looking to complete the set having won stages in the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana previously.
Wout van Aert makes his way onto the back of the Alpecin-Deceuninck train. Has the Belgian all-rounder got something special up his sleeve?
Lidl-Trek are up front trying to set this up for Jonathan Milan.
Jonas Vingegaard has remained right at the front of the race today being super vigilant.
Mathieu Burgaudeau is caught as Tim Merlier makes it back on. How much has that taken out of his legs?
Michael Woods’ bike slides out from under him on a roundabout. He had a puncture there by the looks of it.
Now Krists Neilands has a puncture as well. The Israel-Premier Tech team car is being kep busy.
Mathieu Burgaudeau goes solo as Tim Merlier, who is Soudal–Quick-Step’s main sprinter, has an untimely mechanical.
A few shots of the leaders and Matteo Vercher is absolutely gasping for air. The Total Energies boys have not given this up yet although they now only have just over 30 seconds.
The peloton accelerate again on the slopes of Cote de Nuille-sur-Vicoin, which is the only categorised climb of the day albeit very much at the lower end.
