Critérium du Dauphiné 2025: Milan lands a double with sprint win

foto: Cor VosStage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné is far from flat, but it’s the fast men who have the final say. Jonathan Milan powers to a commanding victory and, as a bonus, takes the yellow jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2nd stage 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné

1. Jonathan Milan (ita)
2. Fred Wright (gbr) s.t.
3. Mathieu van der Poel (nld) s.t.
4. Stian Fredheim (nor) s.t.
5. Paul Penhoët (fra) s.t.
6. Emilien Jeannière (fra) s.t.
7. Bastien Tronchon (fra) s.t.
8. Yevgeniy Fedorov (kaz) s.t.
9. Matis Louvel (fra) s.t.
10. Clément Venturini (fra) s.t.

GC after stage 2
1. Jonathan Milan (ita)
2. Tadej Pogacar (slo) s.t.
3. Mathieu van der Poel (nld) + 0.02
4. Fred Wright (gbr) + 0.04
5. Jonas Vingegaard (den) s.t.
7. Hugo Page (fra) + 0.08
7. Anders Foldager (den) + 0.09
8. Nils Politt (ger) s.t.
9. Bastien Tronchon (fra) + 0.10
10. Paul Penhoët (fra) s.t.

Race report
Paul Ourselin heads off on a solo adventure early on. He builds up a maximum lead of over 6 minutes.

When the gap drops to under a minute halfway through the race, Romain Combaud, Christopher Juul-Jensen and Victor Guernalec bridge across. Their maximum lead extends to one and a half minutes.

On the Côte du Château de Buron, Juul-Jensen and Guernalec drop their two companions, while Jonathan Milan is distanced by the peloton on the same climb.

The bunch catches Juul-Jensen and Guernalec with 45 kilometres remaining. Almost simultaneously, Milan regains contact.

Romain Bardet jumps clear from the peloton on the Côte de Nonette, but his effort comes to an end inside the final 10 kilometres.

Jonathan Milan proves unbeatable in the ensuing sprint. The Italian powers home after a textbook Lidl-Trek lead-out, finishing comfortably ahead of Fred Wright and Mathieu van der Poel. Milan takes the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar, though the two share the same time, while Van der Poel moves to within 2 seconds of the race lead.

Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné.