Jonathan Milan and Biniam Girmay make up after Tour de France spat – but will hostilities resume in stage 3 sprint?
Sprinters clashed during stage 2 but shared a conciliatory moment after the💧 finish

Sprinters 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) appeared to have put tensions aside after an angry moment between the pair arose during stage 2 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France on Sunday.
Just after the day's intermediate sprint at Énocq – where the peloton were battling it out for fifth place – Milan took the win from the bunch and 11 points, but was then seen s🌱houting and gesticulating at Girmay for several moments, with the Eritrean rider appearing annoyed back.
It wasn't immediately clear what had happened in the sprint to anger the Italian so much, but the overhead shot showed Girmay elbowing Milan after the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lidl-Trek rider ಞtried to push into the Interma🐻rché lead-out.
A segment of race radio broadcast on TV appeared to show Milan ౠsaying he felt Girmay was crowding his space, with Lidl-Trek saying similar to Eurosport's motorbike🎃 reporter Jens Voigt during the stage.
However, despite the animosity on the road, Milan went over to the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Intermarché-Wanty bus post-stage to share a handshake with Girmay.
Jhonatan Milan apologized to Biniam 🤝 We appreciate it, let’s keep racing. pic.twitter.com/eDCfuw8eIQ
Interওmarché also shared the moment on Instagram, captioning the photo with: "That’s cycling. Tour de France gets intense and we love watching the champions competing with rivalry and respect."
After the ꦕstage, Milan was asked about what had happened. He explained that all had been settled.
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"Nothing special, just a racing incident, he went a bit wide, I got nervous," he told .
"But we cleared things up right away and we shook hands here after the finish line too, because there is mutual respect and este🐠em between us and these moments happen 🐽where there is a bit of nervousness in the group."
Intermarch&♊eacute;-Wanty immediately made a joke of the situation on their social channels, saying "Apparently Milan is not happy that Bini eats pizza with pineapples" when sharing a clip of the clash.
The contiܫn📖ued the banter on the , commenting "Best pizzas come from Intermarché markets anyway" and poking fun at fellow supermarket sponsor Lidl.
However, though the teams may have been light-hearted and conciliatory post-stage, with any personal hostility put to the side, the racing rivalry is set to resume on Monday with another sprint chance expected in Dunkerque at the end of stage 3.
After both missing out on victory on stage 1, won by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) as several of his rivals were on the wrong side of a split, Milan and Girmay will be eyeing up🧜 a new chance to go for victory, and another day of battling each other.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, inc🍬luding the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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