• Huge crash 1km from end in Valence mars the day

• Yellow jersey’s team accused of ‘arrogance’ by rivals

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 his nearest rival Jonas Vingegaard, both emerged unscathed.

In what was probably the final stage of the 2025 Tour suited to the sprinters, others were not so fortu­nate after a downpour made the final kilometres through suburban Valence horribly greasy.

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