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

Milan, of Italy, overtakes Australia’s Kaden Groves to earn his first stage win at the Tour de France. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar keeps the yellow jersey after finishing in the main pack.

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.