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Ireland has a new cycling hero. Ben Healy has become the fourth Irish rider to earn the Tour de France’s yellow jersey on Monday with a gritty ride in the fabled race’s first mountainous stage.
TADEJ POGACAR delivered a display of pure dominance on the first true mountain test of this year’s Tour de France — as Ben Healy gave up the Yellow Jersey. Ireland’s Healy, who took the maillot
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Ireland's Ben Healy won stage six of the Tour de France in Normandy on Thursday with a long solo break, as Mathieu van der Poel reclaimed the overall leader's yellow jersey by one second.Sixth at the start of the day,
Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France after a long solo breakaway while Mathieu van der Poel took back the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.
Ben Healy rode himself into the ground in a nail-biting finale to become the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, as Britain's Simon Yates claimed victory in stage 10 on Monday with a perfectly timed attack.
Ireland’s Ben Healy lost a chance at Stage 10 victory Monday but gained something far more valuable when he took over the leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France following a 165.3-kilometer battle in the mountains from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy.
The Irishman broke away with 40 kilometers to go and won on Thursday. Mathieu Van der Poel of the Netherlands is back in the yellow jersey, one second ahead of the Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar.
Tour de France continues on Friday with Stage 7, a 197 km trek through Brittany featuring rolling terrain and a dramatic finish at Mûr-de-Bretagne.
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