The Italian cyclist Jonathan Milan won the eighth stage of the 112nd Tour de France.
Jonathan Milan cheered out his arms and bowed with a proud smile in front of the audience after his big sprint show.
The 24-year-old won the eighth stage of the 112nd Tour de France with an impressive effort and finished the large Italian dry spell on the tour of the France.
Milan dominated the mass sprint in Laval on Saturday after 171.4 km and celebrated his first day of the day in the big loop. The sprint star of the Lidl-Trek team referred Wout van Aert (Belgium) and Kaden Groves (Australia) to the places in a technically demanding final. Pascal Ackermann (Kandel/Israel Prime Minister Tech) was fourth.
“I don’t understand what we have done yet. I have come with dreams, to fulfill them is something else,” said Milan, who redeemed the Tifosi in the cycling -crazy homeland: The last Italian stage victory had sought six years. In 2019, ex-tour champion Vincenzo Nibali won the 20th stage. This was followed by 113 stages without Italian day success.
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The Germans continue to wait without a win after 79 stages. Phil Bauhaus was slowed down and twelfth during the target approach. Ackermann was able to live with the daily result. “Fourth – more was not in today. It was a club -hard finale. I am glad that I was there with my legs,” said Ackermann in the “ARD”: “We still have at least three sprints.”
Tadej Pogacar in the yellow jersey and the other candidates for the podium in Paris also had a comparatively quiet working day after the hectic first week in northern France. The stars rolled loosely in the main field and reached the destination without loss of time. Even stricken drivers such as Pogacar-Edelhelfer Joao Almeida were able to spare themselves and save strength. Pogacar continues the overall ranking with a 54 second lead over double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel.
In view of the expected sprint final, no driver dared to escape on Saturday. It was also difficult to have a possible testing test by the very demanding pace that the sprinter teams struck to control the action.
Jonas Rutsch falls painfully
Girmays Equipe Intermarché-Wanty in particular was active at the top, and the German cyclist Jonas Rutsch also did speed in the wind.
The day ended extremely painfully for the 27-year-old. In the nervous final phase, slide fell violently almost 20 km before the finish at the back of the field. The Erbacher was briefly on the asphalt, but then rapped up again with a shredded jersey and climbed on the bike. He reached the goal with almost 14 minutes behind.
The sprinters took command – and it became hectic. The winding and technically demanding profile with a slightly increasing home straight made it difficult for the drivers. Milan was unimpressed and seemed to rush away from the rivals effortlessly.
There will also be a sprint on Sunday. The last real flat stage of the 112nd Tour de France leads to the center of the Grande Nation and is a tribute to Mark Cavendish, the largest stage hunter in the history of the race. The 174.1 km long ninth stage leads from Chinon to the Département Indre, where the day winner in the Sprinter stronghold of Châteauroux is chosen. Cavendish cheered there three times.