standings after stage 17<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udea8 A Crash, A Catch, and a Comeback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The final kilometres saw Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X)<\/strong> solo clear into the sprint zone after attacking with 12 km to go. It was gutsy, but he was caught with 4 km left as the peloton ramped up through driving rain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith 1 km to go, the front of the race disintegrated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Tim Merlier<\/strong> was forced to stop<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Biniam Girmay<\/strong>, green jersey contender, was caught in the fallout<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Several other sprinters saw their hopes vanish in an instant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Yet, Jonathan Milan<\/strong> held his line, kept his calm, and capitalized when it counted most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83c\udf27\ufe0f Conditions: Slippery & Ruthless<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rain turned the sprint zone into a minefield.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Multiple riders slid out or were caught in near-misses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Only the strongest, or luckiest, made it to the final 500m intact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe peloton shrunk rapidly in those final 10km,\u201d one team director noted. \u201cNot because of speed \u2014 because of survival.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u2694\ufe0f Tactical Note: Lidl-Trek\u2019s Precision Train<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lidl-Trek executed flawlessly<\/strong>, avoiding chaos and delivering Milan to the ideal position despite the carnage. It’s a reminder that winning sprints is not just speed \u2014 it\u2019s survival, precision, and luck.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udfe2 Green Jersey Situation: Girmay Loses Momentum?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
After multiple days defending the points jersey, Biniam Girmay\u2019s Stage 17 tangle might open a window<\/strong> for Jonathan Milan or even Jordi Meeus to gain points. Expect tension heading into Stage 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\ud83e\udde0 Final Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Stage 17 wasn\u2019t just a sprint stage \u2014 it was a battlefield dressed as a city finish<\/strong>. Wet roads, last-minute attacks, and dramatic crashes turned it into a lottery\u2026 but Jonathan Milan brought both legs and luck.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfc1 Jonathan Milan Doubles Up as Sprint Chaos Reigns in Stage 17 Lidl-Trek\u2019s Jonathan Milan conquered the slick chaos of Stage 17 to notch his second Tour de France 2025 stage victory, surviving a crash-stained final kilometre and unleashing a monster sprint that no rival could match. \ud83c\udfc6 Top 5 Finish \u2013 Stage 17 See…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour-de-france-2025"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":32,"label":"Tour de France 2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Gautier Durfort","author_link":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/author\/gautier-durfort\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":32,"name":"Tour de France 2025","slug":"tour-de-france-2025","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Full battle coverage of the Tour de France 2025, Stage guides, live results & route maps. Track every climb, sprint, and yellow jersey battle.","parent":0,"count":76,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":32,"category_count":76,"category_description":"Full battle coverage of the Tour de France 2025, Stage guides, live results & route maps. Track every climb, sprint, and yellow jersey battle.","cat_name":"Tour de France 2025","category_nicename":"tour-de-france-2025","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franceletour.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}