Toms Skujiņš rolled up to the Lidl-Trek bus, soaked to the bone from a storm that rolled through Valence just as the Tour de France arrived, belting out “Jonny’s on fire” to the tune of that unmissable song Freed from Desire. Jonny Milan is on fire. He's 50 points closer to the green jersey in Paris; 50 points closer to holding off the greatest rider of this generation in a competition that no Italian has won since Alessandro Petacchi in 2010. The rain that pelted down did absolutely nothing to dampen that success.
Moments earlier, the towering Italian had sprinted to his second stage win of the 2025 Tour de France, surviving a treacherous, crash-marred finale to claim a critical haul of points in his campaign for the green jersey. It was a day that exposed nerves, rewarded resilience, and confirmed that Milan is trying to earn this green jersey one 70 km/h head bob at a time.
“I’m really happy – without words, I have to say,” Milan said after the finish. “I survived, but I didn’t survive alone.”
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