Italian rider Jonathan Milan has timed his attack perfectly to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish.

Analysis of the eighth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval

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. 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.