Tour of Germany – Jonathan Milan, 2nd: “The condition is good”
Undoubtedly one of the revelations of recent weeks, Jonathan Milano (Bahrain-Victorious) came close to their first victory of the season, finishing 2nd in the 1st stage of the Germany Tour behind the ghost Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal). If the Italian would find it difficult to compare with a Arnaud de Lie (20 years old) – also a colleague of the winner of the day, the Belgian has two wins this week – he continues to gain strength: twice 3rd on the Tour of Polandhe then challenged the line race of European Championships under its national colors, where its improvised leader Elia Viviani (INEOS Grenadiers) took 7th place. In a workforce Bahrain-Victorious missed breast Phil Bauhausnot starting yesterday (Wednesday) during the prologue, Jonathan Milano (21) took his chance.
Video – Caleb Ewan returns to success, Milan is making a name for itself!
“Caleb Ewan tumbled full throttle…”
“I’m really happy with my 2nd place, the team did a fantastic job today (Friday). I was put into orbit for the sprint. , but I was too. Now we look at the next steps. The condition is good, so I’m happy. It’s great!”, said the native of northeastern Italy, in Tolmezzo in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The tall 1m94 sprinter will however find it difficult to express himself during the next stages, given the route concocted by the organizers of the Germany Tour which have steeply hilly this 36th edition, in particular enriched with a 2.7 km prologue: its training will look more on the side of Pelo Bilbao (32), 3rd in theUnited Arab Emirates Tour and Tour of Poland in 2022.
🇩🇪 Meanwhile, @MilanJonathan_ sprinted to 🥈 second place in the @DeineTour#RideAsOne #DeineTour pic.twitter.com/Qs939zZGEw
— Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) August 25, 2022