TDF. Tour de France – Jonathan Milan The 17th stage in the rain … Big fall!

? Relive the last km of this stage marked by a crash that limited the number of candidates for victory…

? Relive the last km of this stage marked by a fall that limited the number of candidates for victory …#TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/aobXJNjsOK

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Jonathan Milan is getting ahead of Pogacar for green

Arnaud de Lie (Lotto) et Davide Ballerini (XDS Astana Team) Complete the top 5 in this sprint in a very reduced and necessarily a little special committee after this pileup. French side, The country (7th) and Clément Russo (9th) passed through the fall and therefore enter the final top 10 for the Groupama-FDJ. Thanks to this success as well as at the points of the intermediate sprint, Milan Release of this day with 61 more points in the classification of the green jersey, which allows him to take off on the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): 312 points at 240, or 72 units in advance before the end of the Tour. An essential operation to hope to bring green back to Paris. No change to the general, the fall having occurred per kilometer.

The summary of the race

Unlike the last days on this Tour de Francethe battle to form the breakaway after the departure of Bollène is not very disputed, and a group of four runners quickly manages to take the lead: the French Quentin pacher (Groupama-FDJ) and Mathieu Burgaudeau (Totalnergies) are accompanied by the Lord Norwegian striker Jonas Abrahamsen (UNO-X) and by Italian Vincenzo Albanese (EF Education-Easy Post). The quartet takes up to 2'30 “ahead of a peloton logically very quickly led by the teams Lild-Trek et Soudal Quick-Step green jersey Jonathan Milan and Tim Merlierthe two big favorites of the day in case of arrival at the sprint.

A fairly classic start to the stage that may allow the peloton to finally spend a slightly quieter day. Note that Louis Barré (Intermarché-Wanty) is again the victim of a heavy fall in the peloton, what bad luck for the French on his first Tour ! Hit in the shoulder, he takes time to get up but still manages to resume his place in the package after a few kilometers, courageous. The intermediate sprint of Roche-Saint-Secret-Beconne after 45 km does not upset the scenario: Jonas Abrahamsen Go first, and a little less than 2 minutes behind, Jonathan Milan pocket the 11 pts of 5th place, doubling his advance on Tadej Pogacar (22pts).

Action in the bumps … Wout van aert recovered in vain

The difficult Col du Pertuis is then looming (3.7 km at 6.6%) once entered the last 100 km … and the race is racing! The team INEOS Grenadiers has ideas behind the head and does not want to facilitate the task of pure sprinters. The British training puts a serious accelerator, we are approaching 30 seconds from the breakaway! The peloton explodes and the sprinters are distant, Milan et Merlier crack. Taking advantage of the chaos, there are some attempts to relaunch peloton, but none is helping. Once the summit has been crossed, the teams Alpecin-DECEUNINCK et Tudor start rolling at the head of a peloton, Kaden Groves et Alberto Dainese Having visibly managed to pass the climb. A beautiful showdown engages with the green jersey group, relegated to more than 30 seconds.

But despite their efforts, we are witnessing a grouping 80 terminals of the goal, and everything is back to normal: back to square one. In the case, the four escapeds only have one minute in advance, a gap that does not move until the last 50 kilometers. We then approach the 2nd and ultimate difficulty of the day, the tartaiguille pass (3.9 km at 3.5%). A rolling climb that uses Wout van Aert (Visma | lease a bike) to try to make the Jump on the head! At the cost of a good effort, the Belgian returns to 25 seconds at the top, the peloton follows at 55 “. But once the rocking, WAva Picking in a gut-hunting, alone facing the wind while the front 4 can (or want) to wait for it.

Abrahamsen baroud of honor … A big fall before the sprint, Milan wins!

Van Aert Finally resigns and is resumed at 35 km, the breakaway continuing to resist well with always 1'10 “in advance … at the moment when the first rain drops appear on the route. Watch out for wet roads, especially since the weather conditions deteriorate with an increasingly intense rain. The trend is not good for the 4 courageous, who see a vigilant platoon to be paid less than 30 km. General runners also come to the prevention of falls in this soggy final.

Feeling the breath of the peloton, Jonas Abrahamsen Makes his adventurous power to speak and blow up his leakage companions at 10 km! Overpowering, the Norwegian embarks on a beautiful solo baroud of honor with another 20 seconds ahead of a well reduced package, many runners get up to avoid taking risks. Abrahamsen is finally resumed after the 5 km, place in the first massive sprint for 10 days on this Tour ! The preparation is quite technical and winding with a sequence of roundabouts made complicated by the rain … and as you would expect, a big fall occurs under the red flame. Only ten runners manages to pass without being embarrassed, of which Jonathan Milanwho takes the opportunity to impose himself logically in the absence of Tim Merlierjust blocked.