Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 2 Results: Milan Takes Stage & Yellow
Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 2 Results: Milan Takes Stage & Yellow
Jonathan Milan surged away from the pack to win the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 on Monday to take the overall lead from Tadej Pogacar.

Hulking Italian sprinter Jonathan Milan surged away from the pack to win the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 in Issoire on Monday to take the overall lead from Tadej Pogacar.
The 1.93m (6-foot-4) 87kg Milan had to battle to keep up on a hilly 204.6-kilometer run through central France from Premilhat.
When the pack hit the home straight, he rocketed away from his rivals to collect a 10-second victory bonus and the yellow jersey.
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"That was really tough," Milan said. "I was dropped at one point, and I was really on the limit, but I have to say thanks to my teammates because they brought me back and guided me until the last meters."
Briton Fred Wright was second and Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel was third.
Pogacar and his main rivals for overall victory, both in the Criterium and the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, rolled home safely in the main pack just behind Milan.
Pogacar, who collected a 10-second bonus Sunday, has the same overall time as Mian, but braked hard in the final meters to surrender places and hand the Italian the tie-break edge and the daily media responsibilities that go with the yellow jersey.
The eight-day race, with four hilly stages, a time trial and three final days in the Alps, has attracted an A-list roster of 154 riders from 22 teams.
It offers Tour de France contenders a chance to hone their form and gain a psychological edge before the main event starts July 5.
Pogacar, who won his third Tour de France last year, ending Vingegaard's two-year reign, had struck the first blow the previous day, edging the Dane to take the opening stage and the overall lead.
On Monday, support riders for Pogacar's Team UAE and Vingegaard's Visma spent much of the stage jostling, sometimes angrily, for position at the front of the pack.
The stage was briefly animated when local-boy Romain Bardet, riding the final race of his 14-year professional career, launched an attack on the last small climb just before a corner where his fan club was waiting with a huge banner.
The 34-year-old was caught with 10 kilometers to go, as Milan's Lidl-Trek team took control.
The Frenchman will have another chance Tuesday when Stage 3 starts from his hometown Brioude for a hilly 207.2-kilometer run to Charantonnay.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 2 Results – Top 25
- Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) – 4:54:49 (B10)
- Alfred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) – 4:54:49 (B6)
- Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 4:54:49 (B4)
- Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (Uno-X Mobility) – 4:54:49
- Emilien Jeanniere (TotalEnergies) – 4:54:49
- Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 4:54:49
- Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS Astana Team) – 4:54:49
- Matis Louvel (Israel - Premier Tech) – 4:54:49
- Clement Venturini (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 4:54:49
- Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) – 4:54:49
- Simone Velasco (XDS Astana Team) – 4:54:49
- Nadav Raisberg (Israel - Premier Tech) – 4:54:49
- Laurence Pithie (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 4:54:49
- Axel Laurance (INEOS Grenadiers) – 4:54:49
- Anders Foldager (Team Jayco AlUla) – 4:54:49
- Hugo Page (Intermarché - Wanty) – 4:54:49
- Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek) – 4:54:49
- Samuel Watson (INEOS Grenadiers) – 4:54:49
- Alexey Lutsenko (Israel - Premier Tech) – 4:54:49
- Bjoern Koerdt (Team Picnic PostNL) – 4:54:49
- Aurélien Paret Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 4:54:49
- Enric Mas (Movistar Team) – 4:54:49
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 4:54:49
- Clément Berthet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 4:54:49
- Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 4:54:49
Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Overall Standings – Top 25 After Stage 2
- Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) – 9:34:51
- Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 9:34:51
- Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 9:34:53
- Alfred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) – 9:34:55
- Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 9:34:55
- Hugo Page (Intermarché - Wanty) – 9:34:59
- Anders Foldager (Team Jayco AlUla) – 9:35:00
- Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 9:35:00
- Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 9:35:01
- Emilien Jeanniere (TotalEnergies) – 9:35:01
- Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (Uno-X Mobility) – 9:35:01
- Clement Venturini (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 9:35:01
- Laurence Pithie (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 9:35:01
- Simone Velasco (XDS Astana Team) – 9:35:01
- Samuel Watson (INEOS Grenadiers) – 9:35:01
- Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) – 9:35:01
- Aurélien Paret Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 9:35:01
- Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) – 9:35:01
- Bjoern Koerdt (Team Picnic PostNL) – 9:35:01
- Alexey Lutsenko (Israel - Premier Tech) – 9:35:01
- Ben Tulett (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 9:35:01
- Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek) – 9:35:01
- Enric Mas (Movistar Team) – 9:35:01
- Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 9:35:01
- Clément Berthet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 9:35:01
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