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Two in a row for Jonathan Milan and Lidl-Trek at Lidl Deutschland Tour
Lidl-Trek came into the Lidl Deutschland Tour with big ambitions and so far the Team is not disappointing with a second victory for Jonathan Milan on Stage 1, this time off the back of some impressive teamwork all day to control the race and help set up a bunch sprint at the home of Lidl.

Jonathan Milan:

“It’s like our hometown, it’s super special to win here.

I think we should start from the beginning. Like always we had super great teamwork to get a finish like this. I have to say thanks to all the team, not just for the last 15km. Amanuel did an impressive ride today. He controlled the race so well on his on for 145km, a thanks to him. I’m not surprised though, he’s quite used to do these things, he controlled all the race alone. I’m really happy the team gave 100% at the end of this race where it was quite tricky with a few attacks. It was tough to get over this climb, to stay with the first group, but I managed it well with Daan, Alex and Toms, and in the end with Mads. It was a special, special victory for us.

We knew we had to take the final climb in the front and that someone would try [to attack]. It was really tough.

I would like to become [the best sprinter in the world] one day. I know that I can try my best and get some nice results, but we know there are some super strong guys, like Mads, I have to say.

Let’s take it day by day. The legs are quite fine on these climbs, we will see. We still have some days to go, there’s still a bit of pressure. It’s a really special race for us here and we will do our best in the next stages, and also have fun. Today, I saw Mads was really good, responding to the attacks on the climb. Tomorrow we will see, I would be happy to give a hand to Mads to help him.”

  1. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) 4h16’17’’
  2. Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +00’’
  3. Max Kanter (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +00’’

GC

  1. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) 4h19’23’’
  2. Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +09’’
  3. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) +11’’