Ben Healy and Tour de France breakaways have become a match made in heaven. His escape efforts have so far earned him a stage win, a stint in the yellow jersey, top 10 on GC, and on Tuesday, a runner-up spot on Mont Ventoux.

Analysis of the 10th stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy

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.

After a long solo breakaway on Thursday, Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France and Mathieu van der Poel took the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.

It’s the penultimate chance of this year’s Tour de France for the fast men on what is likely to be another chaotic, full-gas day

"His stage win was just brilliant, the way he attacked, going for it at 40 kilometres out, he just has that style of riding that makes it really exciting."

Thymen Arensman soloed to another win on stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, surprisingly outlasting Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar on the climb to La Plagne, the final hors categorie mountain of this year’s race.