For the first time since the start of this Tour de France, Wout van Aert got involved in the battle for the stage victory. Indeed, this Thursday, on the occasion of the 8th stage between Saint-Méen-le-Grand and Laval, the Belgian of the Training Visma | Lease a Bike Contested the sprint and was looking for 2nd place. A good result for Van Aertonly beaten by a Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) untouchable.
VIDEO – The reaction of Wout Van Aert after the 8th stage
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“It was a bit of a bazaar …”
“It was a difficult sprint, like what we expected. It was in slightly switchback rising and it was a bit of the bazaar, few guys had another train to launch them in the last kilometer. All the sprinters had to sail a little wheels, and I did the same”explained Van Aert on arrival. “Jonathan Milan was faster, but I am satisfied with this 2nd place, I feel better and better.”
