Milan overtook Australian Kaden Groves on his left and held off Belgian rider Wout van Aert to beat him by about half a bike length.

The yellow jersey has already chopped and changed multiple times in the opening week of the Tour de France, with Mathieu van der Poel wrestling it back off Tadej Pogacar by just one second on a thrilling stage six, before the defending champion overhauled his Classics rival to take it back on stage seven.