Italy's Jonathan Milan escaped a spectacular pileup of flying bikes and bodies to win Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2025 in lashing rain Wednesday, extending his lead in the sprint points race.

Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen won Stage 11 of the Tour de France 2025 in Toulouse on Wednesday, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar emerged largely unscathed, despite crashing 4 kilometers from the line.

Tim Merlier won Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2025 at Chateauroux on Sunday after a heroic long-range escape from Mathieu van der Poel was caught in the final kilometer.

After an agonizing runner-up stage finish earlier in the Tour de France 2025, Italy's Jonathan Milan finally was able to break through for his first victory on the biggest stage in cycling.

Jonathan Milan won Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2025 in a mass bunch sprint Saturday ahead of Wout van Aert and Kaden Groves.

Biniam Girmay said he hoped to encourage more diversity in elite cycling after the Eritrean won a third stage in this year's Tour de France on Thursday to extend his lead in the sprint points race.

Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay won Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2024 on Saturday at a finish line in the village where former French president Charles de Gaulle lived and is buried.

Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his Stage 3 win at the Tour de France 2024 to "the continent of Africa," while Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin.

French rider Bryan Coquard was fastest in a group sprint to take the second stage of the 2024 Tour de Suisse on Monday, as Yves Lampaert of Soudal stayed top of the general ranking.

Dutch rider Dylan Van Baarle of the Jumbo team went solo to win the first classic of the cycling season Saturday at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.