Stage 8
Milan holds off Van Aert
- Saturday 12 July 2025
- 171 km
- 1,179 m climbed
- Won by Jonathan Milan
The road
At the start
Yellow settled, the sprinters' turn
Tadej Pogačar took the jersey back on the Mûr-de-Bretagne and leads Remco Evenepoel by 54 seconds, Jonas Vingegaard by 1:17 — and he has the green jersey too. Jack Haig and Mattia Cattaneo went home after yesterday. Today is 171 flat kilometres to Laval with one small hill inside the last twenty, and Jonathan Milan has been waiting a week for it.
How it was won
- 11 km to go
Lidl-Trek mass up
Lidl-Trek take control on the long straight finish into Laval, drilling the front for their sprinter.
- At the line
Milan holds off Van Aert
Jonathan Milan opens his sprint early and holds off Wout van Aert to win in Laval.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl - Trek | 3:50:26 |
| 2 | Wout van Aert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | +0:00 |
| 3 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin - Deceuninck | +0:00 |
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