Jonathan Milan

Jonathan Milan
	Milan during the 2023 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Milan
Nickname	The Italian Stallion
Born	1 October 2000 (age 23); Tolmezzo, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lidl–Trek
Disciplines	Track; Road;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter (road), pursuitist (track)
Professional teams
2019–2020	Cycling Team Friuli
2021–2023	Team Bahrain Victorious
2024–	Lidl–Trek
Major wins
	Road Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Points classification (2023) 2 individual stages (2023, 2024) Track Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2021) Team pursuit, World Championships (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
European Under-23 Championships

Jonathan Milan (born 1 October 2000) is an Italian professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.^[4]

Career[edit]

Track[edit]

Milan rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany, winning a bronze medal.^[5] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics held at Tokyo in 2021, setting a new world record.^[6] He was also on the winning team for the team pursuit at the UCI World Championships that year, also taking silver in the individual pursuit. In 2022, Milan won silver medals at the World Championships in both the team and individual pursuit, followed by a silver and bronze medal in 2023, respectively.

Road[edit]

Milan rode for Cycling Team Friuli as an under-23 rider in 2019 and 2020, and was crowned the 2020 national under-23 time trial champion. In 2021, he stepped up to the World Tour, joining Team Bahrain Victorious. The following season, he won his first pro road races, taking two stages of the CRO Race. He took an early season win in 2023 on stage two of the Saudi Tour, before competing in the Giro d'Italia in May, his first Grand Tour.^[7] Milan won the stage two sprint, going on to finish second on four more occasions. He ultimately won the Points classification ahead of Derek Gee.^[8] He ended the year at the Tour of Guangxi in October, where he won the second stage.^[9]

In February 2024, Milan won stage 3 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, his first race of the season.^[10] He then won two stages of Tirreno–Adriatico in March.^[11] This was followed by a campaign in the spring classics, where he finished in 5th in Gent–Wevelgem and 7th in the Dwars door Vlaanderen. His next race was the Giro d'Italia for the second year in a row, where he agin saw success early on, taking second on stage three before winning the following day.^[12]

Major results[edit]

Road[edit]

2017

1st Circuito di Orsago Juniors

1st Coppa Montes

2018

1st Circuito di Orsago Juniors

1st Stage 2 Giro del Nordest d'Italia

2020

1st

Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

1st Stage 5 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2022 (2 pro wins)

CRO Race

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 2

2023 (3)

Giro d'Italia

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 2 Tour of Guangxi

5th Overall Saudi Tour

1st Stage 2

2024 (4)

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 4

Held

after Stages 4–

Tirreno–Adriatico

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 4 & 7

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

5th Gent–Wevelgem

7th Dwars door Vlaanderen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour	2023	2024
Giro d'Italia	103	IP
Tour de France	—
Vuelta a España	—

Track[edit]

2020

UEC European Championships

2nd

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

3rd

Kilo

2nd

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

3rd

Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

2021

1st

Team pursuit, Olympic Games

UCI World Championships

1st

Team pursuit

2nd

Individual pursuit

1st

Individual pursuit, UEC European Championships

2022

UCI Nations Cup, Cali

1st Individual pursuit

1st Team pursuit

UCI World Championships

2nd

Individual pursuit

2nd

Team pursuit

2023

UEC European Championships

1st

Individual pursuit

1st

Team pursuit

UCI World Championships

2nd

Team pursuit

3rd

Individual pursuit

2024: 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

World records[edit]


Date	Time	Meet	Event	Location
3 August 2021	3:42.307	2020 Olympics	Team Pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni & Francesco Lamon)	Izu, Japan
4 August 2021	3:42.032	2020 Olympics	Team Pursuit (with Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni & Francesco Lamon)	Izu, Japan

Personal life[edit]

He is named after the seagull in Richard Bach's novella 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull,' which his mother read during her pregnancy.^[13]

References[edit]

^ "Cycling Team Friuli ASD". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Team Bahrain McLaren sign Gino Mäder and Jonathan Milan". Bahrain–McLaren. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
^ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "Men's Team Pursuit: Start List". UCI. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Cycling Track - MILAN Jonathan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "Jonathan Milan holds off Groenewegen to win stage 2 of Saudi Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Fletcher, Patrick (7 May 2023). "Giro d'Italia: Jonathan Milan wins hectic finish in San Salvo on stage 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ Ryan, Barry (13 October 2023). "Tour of Guangxi: Jonathan Milan keeps rivals at bay on stage 2 with unrelenting charge". CyclingNews. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Weislo, Laura (2 February 2024). "Volta Valenciana: Jonathan Milan takes sprint in Orihuela for stage 3 victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ Farrand, Stephen (10 March 2024). "Tirreno-Adriatico: Vingegaard claims overall as Milan wins stage 7 sprint". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
^ Price, Matilda (7 May 2024). "Giro d'Italia stage 4: Jonathan Milan takes memorable sprint win". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Farrand, Stephen (7 March 2024). "Jonathan Milan 'howls' in Tirreno-Adriatico sprint and roars into GC lead". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Jonathan Milan at UCI
Jonathan Milan at Cycling Archives
Jonathan Milan at ProCyclingStats
Jonathan Milan at CycleBase
Jonathan Milan at Olympics.com
Jonathan Milan at Olympedia
Jonathan Milan at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

[1] "Cycling Team Friuli ASD". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[2] "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[3] "Team Bahrain McLaren sign Gino Mäder and Jonathan Milan". Bahrain–McLaren. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[4] "Trek–Segafredo". UCI. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[5] "Men's Team Pursuit: Start List". UCI. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[6] "Cycling Track - MILAN Jonathan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[7] "Jonathan Milan holds off Groenewegen to win stage 2 of Saudi Tour". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[CN-2-8] Fletcher, Patrick (7 May 2023). "Giro d'Italia: Jonathan Milan wins hectic finish in San Salvo on stage 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[9] Ryan, Barry (13 October 2023). "Tour of Guangxi: Jonathan Milan keeps rivals at bay on stage 2 with unrelenting charge". CyclingNews. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[10] Weislo, Laura (2 February 2024). "Volta Valenciana: Jonathan Milan takes sprint in Orihuela for stage 3 victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[11] Farrand, Stephen (10 March 2024). "Tirreno-Adriatico: Vingegaard claims overall as Milan wins stage 7 sprint". CyclingNews. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

[12] Price, Matilda (7 May 2024). "Giro d'Italia stage 4: Jonathan Milan takes memorable sprint win". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[13] Farrand, Stephen (7 March 2024). "Jonathan Milan 'howls' in Tirreno-Adriatico sprint and roars into GC lead". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
1990s	1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
2000s	2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
2010s	2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
2020s	2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e UEC European Track Champions – Men’s team pursuit
Summary
2010: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Queally, Tennant) 2011: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Kennaugh, Tennant) 2012: Russia : (Ershov, Markov, Serov, Kaykov) 2013: Great Britain : (Burke, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2014: Great Britain : (Dibben, Clancy, Doull, Tennant) 2015: Great Britain : (Dibben, Wiggins, Doull, Tennant, Burke, Gibson ) 2016: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Chavanel, Thomas) 2017: France : (Denis, Ermenault, Maitre, Pijourlet) 2018: Italy : (Viviani, Bertazzo, Ganna, Lamon) 2019: Denmark : (LN Hansen, Pedersen, Madsen, Johansen) 2020: Russia : (Dubchenko, Gonov, Bersenev, Evtushenko) 2021: Denmark : (Malmberg, Pedersen, T Hansen, Bévort) 2022: France : (Denis, Lafargue, Tabellion, Thomas, Boudat) 2023: Italy : (Ganna, Lamon), Milan, Moro, Consonni) 2024: Great Britain : (Bigham, Hayter, C Tanfield, Vernon, Wood)
Riders in italics rode in heats only