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Jonathan Milan won stage two of the Criterium du Dauphine with a sprint finish in<\/b> <\/b>Issoire.<\/b><\/p>\n
Lidl-Trek’s lead-out train hit the front during the final kilometre of the 204.6km ride from Premilhat, and they left Milan alone with 150m remaining.<\/p>\n
This year’s Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix winner Mathieu van der Poel then fought hard to catch Milan.<\/p>\n
But the Italian held on to clinch his first road race win in France, with British rider Fred Wright edging out Van der Poel for second.<\/p>\n
Milan also claimed the yellow jersey from reigning Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion Tadej Pogacar, who won the opening stage<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n “It was really tough,” said Milan, 24. “Yesterday and today, I suffered a lot.<\/p>\n “At one point I was really on the limit, but I have to say thanks to my team-mates because they brought me back.<\/p>\n “We knew we had to take the last corner at the front, and it was just a perfect lead-out. I’m really happy because this means a lot to all of us.”<\/p>\n Local rider Romain Bardet, who is competing in his last professional race, attacked on the final categorised climb of the day and built a 20-second lead.<\/p>\n But Bardet did not get any support in the breakaway so the peloton soon closed the gap, with Lidl Trek putting Milan in a prime position during the finish.<\/p>\n Stage three will begin in the 34-year-old Bardet’s hometown of Brioude.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n