Healy stays ninth as Milan wins second stage

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Healy stays ninth as Milan wins second stage

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar crosses the finish line to complete the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 160.4 kilometers (99.7 miles) with start in Bollene and finish in Valence, France, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Jonathan Milan won a rain-soaked sprint finish in Valence to take his second stage win in this year’s Tour de France, after a treacherous finish from which race leader Tadej Pogacar, and nearest rival Jonas Vingegaard, both emerged unscathed.

Ireland's Ben Healy remains ninth overall, 17:52 down on Pogacar, after finishing 37th on the stage.

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