Jonathan Milan reflects on stellar 2024 and future ambitions including Milano-Sanremo and Paris-Roubaix: “I will leave the track aside”
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Jonathan Milan enjoyed a standout season in 2024 with Lidl-Trek, solidifying his position as one of cycling’s brightest talents. The Italian sprinter captured three stage wins and the points classification at the Giro d’Italia, while also earning an Olympic bronze medal in the team pursuit on the track.
Looking ahead to 2025, Milan is poised to potentially make his Tour de France debut, where he could compete for the coveted green jersey against formidable sprinters like Biniam Girmay and Jasper Philipsen. In an interview with Discovery, Milan spoke in depth about his year.
“In the next few years, I will focus more on the road,” Milan revealed. “I will leave the track aside and then reconsider when we get closer to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.”
Milan also shared his aspirations in the world of one-day racing, highlighting the classics that hold a special place in his heart. “The Milano-Sanremo is a race that I really like,” Milan confessed. “Obviously, we have to see how the future goes, but the Classicissima, the Ghent-Wevelgem and the Paris-Roubaix are races that I want to aim for in the coming years.”
As for the Tour of Flanders, Milan sees it as a longer-term goal. “The Tour of Flanders? Maybe later, when I’m more mature. Running the Ronde will be something that will go very well, because it helps you gain the experience needed to win it, along with a pinch of luck.”
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- yeah, that’s a more fair assessment. “reaching mathieu’s level” doesn’t mean you’re planning to replicate his whole career. the former IS doable, potentially. it’s just the latter that likely is not.OCexile25-12-2024
- That’s not entirely true. Every person follows their own development path and peaks differently. Remco and Primoz had hardly started cycling before elite level. Jonas was pretty much under the radzr until he unexpectedly had to take over responsibility at JV. Some guys only get real good in their thirties others have peaked mid-twenties. You can’t tell in advance how and upto what level they will progress, obviously his career might not have MVDPs length but nothing says he could not end up doing a few seasons at his level.Mistermaumau25-12-2024
- well, del grosso is 21 right now. when mathieu was a year younger than that, he was already winning elite level world championships, not U23. i think del grosso will be a very good pro for years, but if he was really going to be the next van der poel someday, he’d already have to be at that level right NOW. van der poel was showing signs of true greatness when he was 15-16. THAT’S what generational talent looks like.OCexile25-12-2024
- Yeah.... gear 😅.mikolajjj24-12-2024
- It shouldn’t be about expectations in the first place should it? Besides, if you look at everyone’s calculations as a whole they don’t add up in the first place. There’ll be 2-3 riders with a 50% chance, a dozen with 10 or 20% and dozens more with a 5% so we’re expecting at least 2 if not 3 winners. Remind me again who won before her? Says it all about using data to decide on participation.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- Ok, happy I’m not too interested in this team coz’ the account of what happened is really hard to follow.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- The UCI is worse than USA CyclingVeganpotter24-12-2024
- It's not like they wanted her to not win😅 She had an outstanding Olympics. But there's a reason why she wasn't expected to win the road race and that's ok. Things like this happen and it's great...better than seeing expected winners win.Veganpotter24-12-2024
- Bruyneel ? The man with a lifetime ban from cycling...why do you keep giving him and his doper mate, Armstrong, a platform?DJ24-12-2024
- yeah, agree. on the subject of being a “complete rider,” i do think that’s getting more interesting. mathieu seems to have decided he wants to get much better at climbing the the high mountain passes. he appears to be looking for new challenges, which should be interesting to watch. in most cases you’d dismiss a goal like that at age 30, but it’s mvdp. he’s never going to climb with the real climbers, but if he can improve enough it could open up stage wins when the parcours isnt just purely toothy and punchy.OCexile24-12-2024