Tour: Milan wins at the Sprint, the first Italian success after 6 years

Tour: Milan wins at the Sprint, the first Italian success after 6 years

Jonathan Milan won the eighth stage of the Tour de France, Saint-Méen Le Grand-Laval of 171.4 km won at the sprint. Tadej Pogacar has kept the yellow jersey of the leader of the ranking. It was from 27 July 2019, with Vincenzo Nibali, that an Italian did not win a stop on the tour. The fast lasted 113 stages and 2,176 days.

“I still have to understand what we did, because when you leave you always have dreams. Today we were really concentrated, the focus was on what we had to do, and my companions did a phenomenal job”. It is the hot comment of Jonathan Milan, after the victory.

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“I knew I should have waited as much as possible – he said – it was a type of final that I really like. The level here is very high and this point I can say that we deserved it. Tomorrow we will try again. It is a victory that means a lot for me and, after this very long fast, also for Italy”.

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