Milan wins crash-affected stage 7 of Tirreno-Adriatico, Del Toro seals GC

Stage 8 of Tirreno-Adriatico was anything but a simple sprint stage, but the finale at least unfolded as expected, and Jonathan Milan galloped to a hard-fought victory having survived the drama early in the stage, and the late crash that took out Jasper Philipsen and Paul Magnier a few kilometres from the finish.

Isaac Del Toro, meanwhile, was able to seal the overall title, only his second WorldTour GC win after taking the UAE Tour last month.

Mathieu van der Poel had ripped up the rulebook on the only classified climb of the stage, splitting the bunch with almost 100 km remaining and dropping almost all the sprinters, including his teammate Philipsen. Rival sprint teams were able eventually to neutralise the curious threat about 25 km later, but the drama did not end there. At the end of the second of five finishing laps, the GC contenders lined up for a bonus sprint, with Visma-Lease a Bike conducting a full leadout for Matteo Jorgenson, who successfully nabbed the maximum of 3 seconds and Giulio Pellizzari took none, meaning the American leapfrogged the young Italian who'd started the day one second ahead.

Jonas Abrahamsen tried a late flier in the last 10 km and his 10-second gap had barely suffered a dent by the time the bunch arrived at a dangerous righthand turn just inside the 3km-to-go mark. The tight squeeze dealt one final blow to some of the favourites including Philipsen and Magnier who hit the ground hard, leaving a much-reduced bunch to contest the finale. Milan's win is his third in a row in the Tirreno-Adriatico finale.

[race_result id=3 stage_id=90070 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]

[race_result id=3 stage_id=90070 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]