Tour de France - Milan wins first Tour stage in bunch sprint
Date: 16:53 BST
Title: What's on the menu for Sunday?
Content: The race will travel 174.1km into Chateauroux on stage nine which should bring back some happy memories for Mark Cavendish fans.
'The Manx Missile' won three of his 35 stages in Chateauroux including his first back in 2008.
And with a relatively simple parcours a bunch sprint will almost certainly be on the menu when the peloton embarks from the historic town of Chinon which is known for its wine.
Update:
Date: 16:47 BST
Title: Almeida 'is a warrior'
Content: Three-time winner and yellow jersey, Tadej Pogacar, speaking after stage eight: "It was very useful. I enjoyed it. It was very happy. I was happy Joao [Almeida] was there at the back. I was checking up on him, he was quite alright.
"I think he has pain and when he stands up from the saddle he has a lot of pain but he is a warrior. He [Marc Soler] will be cranky at dinner tonight. We will make fun of him but he will be alright."
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Date: 16:39 BST
Title: General classification after stage eight
Content:
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Date: 16:34 BST
Title: Milan the first Italian to win Tour stage since Nibali
Content: Milan wins stage eight
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.
Update:
Date: 16:32 BST
Title: 'I had to wait as long as I could'
Content: Milan wins stage eight
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.
"Today we were really focussed and believing and my guys did an amazing job until the final. I was not expecting it dragging up so much. I knew I had to wait as long as I could. I am really happy for the work we did and we deserve it. The level is so high and everyone is looking. I am really happy with this result. I will try to rest as much as possible tonight and see what we can do tomorrow."
Update:
Date: 16:29 BST
Title: Milan in charge in points classification
Content: Lidl-Trek's Jonathan Milan is now on 192 points in the race for the green jersey.
Tadej Pogacar is on 156 points with Binian Girmay a distant third on 124.
Update:
Date: 16:23 BST
Title: Stage eight results
Content: 1. Jonathan Milan (Ita/Lidl-Trek) 3hrs 50mins 26secs
2. Wout Van Aert (Bel/Visma-Lease a Bike) Same time
3. Kaden Groves (Aus/Alpecin-Deceuninck) "
4. Pascal Ackermann (Ger/Israel Premier Tech) "
5. Arnaud De Lie (Fra/Lotto) "
6. Tobias Lund Andresen (Den/Picnic PostNL) "
7. Bryan Coquard (Fra/Cofidis) "
8. Alberto Dainese (Ita/Tudor Pro Cycling) "
9. Vincenzo Albanese (Ita/EF Education-EasyPost) "
10. Stian Fredheim (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) "
Update:
Date: 16:17 BST
Title: Milan wins stage eight
Content: Kaden Groves puts the hammer down but Jonathan Milan times his effort to perfection and outsprints Wout van Aert to win his first ever Tour de France stage.
Update:
Date: 500m to go
Title: Post
Content: Wout van Aert, Jonathan Milan and Kaden Groves get ready to launch...
Update:
Date: 1km to go
Title: Post
Content: Matteo Trentin hits the front.
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Date: 1.5km to go
Title: Post
Content: Jonathan Milan is sat on Mathieu van der Poel's wheel. Kaden Groves is just behind.
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Date: 2km to go
Title: Post
Content: Here we go...Wout van Aert looks like he's fancying a dig at this today.
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Date: 3km to go
Title: Post
Content: The peloton is strung out as Alpecin-Deceuninck lift the pace.
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Date: 5km to go
Title: Post
Content: Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is dropped.
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Date: 6km to go
Title: Post
Content: Kaden Groves is up near the front. The Australian sprinter who is very much stepping in for Jasper Philipsen is looking to complete the set having won stages in the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana previously.
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Date: 7km to go
Title: Post
Content: Wout van Aert makes his way onto the back of the Alpecin-Deceuninck train. Has the Belgian all-rounder got something special up his sleeve?
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Date: 8km to go
Title: Post
Content: Lidl-Trek are up front trying to set this up for Jonathan Milan.
Jonas Vingegaard has remained right at the front of the race today being super vigilant.
Update:
Date: 9km to go
Title: Post
Content: Mathieu Burgaudeau is caught as Tim Merlier makes it back on. How much has that taken out of his legs?
Update:
Date: 11km to go
Title: Post
Content: Michael Woods' bike slides out from under him on a roundabout. He had a puncture there by the looks of it.
Now Krists Neilands has a puncture as well. The Israel-Premier Tech team car is being kep busy.
Update:
Date: 12.5km to go
Title: Post
Content: Mathieu Burgaudeau goes solo as Tim Merlier, who is Soudal–Quick-Step's main sprinter, has an untimely mechanical.
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