LAVAL, France (Reuters) -Italy's Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) fought off Belgian Wout van Aert to win stage eight of the Tour de France from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval on Saturday, with defending champion Tadej Pogacar retaining the yellow jersey.
Milan, riding his first Tour, looked to have been caught off guard when Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck) hit the front, but the Italian battled back to take the lead and held off the challenge of Van Aert, while Groves came in third.
