Après une première journée complètement folle, retour au calme sur ce Critérium du Dauphiné, puisque le sprint attendu a bien eu lieu sur cette 2e étape entre Prémilhat et Issoire (204,6 km). Et c'est le grand favori du jour Jonathan Milan qui s'est imposé. Mis en difficulté à plusieurs reprises dans les ascensions placée en cours de route, l'Italien s'est accroché et a parfaitement été lancé par son équipe Lidl-Trek pour venir s'offrir ce succès. Il s'empare par la même occasion du maillot jaune, puisque Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) a lui fini dans le peloton, bien loin de la bataille pour le sprint.
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00:00It wasn't a mission accomplished, I mean, you came here to try to at least win one stage,
00:22you do that, but oh my god, that was tough.
00:25That was really tough, our goal was to come here to bring up steel, to keep building up the condition and to do some nice results.
00:39Yesterday, I have to say, I was really suffering a lot, I was also first race after a long time.
00:47Today, I also suffered a lot and also I dropped at one point, I was really on the limit.
00:55But I have to say thanks to my teammates, because they bring me back, they guide me until the last metre, they support me.
01:03All they are doing, so a massive thanks to them.
01:07I'm really happy, this brings, I think, a lot of tomorrow to all of us.
01:12Because it's a question of legs, it's also a question of mind.
01:15When you're dropped and you're far behind, what goes on?
01:19Do you have to carry on giving a go?
01:21I think if you would be alone, it would be super tough to come back.
01:26When you have a team that is supporting you, that is also believing in you, it has come easier.
01:33And this is what happened, this is what happened today in the end.
01:36So they were supporting me, they were believing also in this.
01:40And yeah, this gave me extra motivation, you know.
01:45Talk to us about the final straights, that final sprint.
01:52Yeah, we know that we had to take this last corner in the front.
02:01Yeah, it was just perfect, I think.
02:04It was a perfect lead-out.
02:06And the bonus is that you're going to get the yellow jersey.
02:08The yellow jersey on the Dauphiné, that would mean a lot for you.
02:11Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.
02:13It's pretty nice, I have to say.
02:15But you want another yellow?
02:19We will see, day by day.
02:22I understood, I understood.
02:24Thank you very much.
02:25Thanks to you.