Jonathan Milan's Magic Leads Italy to Victory at Tirreno-Adriatico 2024

Another magic by Jonathan Milan makes Italy smile less than a week away from Milan-Sanremo. The Friulian rider won the final stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico 2024, 154 km with start and finish in San Benedetto del Tronto. Milan's sprint was truly imperious, fully leveraging the work of his teammates, especially that of Simone Consonni, who was really exhausted after the stage due to the effort made. The continuous attacks of Uno-X forced Lidl-Trek to do extra work: Consonni thus gave his all, perfectly launching Milan towards the final victory. Alexander Kristoff finished second, while another Italian who is well versed in sprints, Davide Cimolai, who is going through a significant moment of form, found himself on the day's podium. Jasper Philipsen had to settle for fourth place: the big favorite of the eve had to raise the white flag in a finish that, on paper, was particularly favorable to a fast man like him. For Jonathan Milan, it is the third seasonal victory, the second at the Tirreno-Adriatico 2024, and now he can look at Milan-Sanremo with confidence. Lidl-Trek will bring a squad to face the two big favorites, Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel. Jonathan Milan will play his cards in the sprint, while Jasper Stuyven and Mads Pedersen will have the task of attacking. The race of the two seas is instead won by Jonas Vingegaard on the day when Visma - Lease a Bike also takes home the Paris-Nice with Matteo Jorgenson. "I am really very happy with this victory, the Trident is the most beautiful trophy in the world of cycling," Vingegaard explained, "It was a splendid day, I am also happy about Jorgenson's triumph because it means that all of us, as a team, worked very well in winter. My next commitment will be at the Tour of the Basque Country: I can't wait to compete with Remco Evenepoel and my former teammate Primoz Roglic. It will be strange to race against him."