Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) claimed a second stage win of the 2025 Tour de France on a wet and chaotic stage into Valence. Milan beat Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Tobias Lund Andresen (Picnic-PostNL) to the line to extend his lead in the points classification. Arnaud De Lie (Lotto), still looking for his first stage win, was on Milan’s wheel but …
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Tour de France: Pogacar backlash builds while Milan wins stage 17 sprint | Tour de France 2025
Jonathan Milan won a rain-soaked sprint finish in Valence to take his second stage win in this year’s Tour de France, after a treacherous finish from which race leader Tadej Pogacar, and his nearest rival Jonas Vingegaard, both emerged unscathed. In what was probably the final stage of the 2025 Tour suited to the sprinters, others were not so fortunate …
Read More »‘I’ll announce it next time on Twitter’ – Wout van Aert rediscovers sprint form with surprise second-place at Tour de France
Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) joked that when he next goes for a Tour de France sprint, “I’ll post it on Twitter”, after telling the media at the start that he would be skipping out on any bunch kick into Laval on Saturday. Three hours and 50 minutes after pulling the wool over journalists’ eyes in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, his silver …
Read More »Marquez error creates German GP sprint epic
Marc Marquez became a MotoGP race winner again at the Sachsenring in an enthralling 2025 German Grand Prix sprint. It was the first time a MotoGP sprint ended without a Marquez 1-2 in 2025 and for a long time it looked like it’d be Marc’s second sprint defeat of the season – but a remarkable, occasionally reckless comeback meant he …
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