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 said Monday he was ready to fight every kilometre with arch-rival Jonas Vingegaard in his bid for a fourth Tour de France title. We are ready for a fight.

Simon Yates won the first mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France and Ben Healy shook up the standings by taking the overall lead from Tadej Pogačar

Healy takes over race leader’s jersey from Tour favourite Tadej Pogacar after another stunning breakaway ride on stage 10

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.

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.

From riding a unicycle on a farm to winning almost all of professional cycling's major races, this is how a generational talent was nurtured

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.

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,

It is sometimes taken as a given that a lack of success has inhibited the nation's enthusiasm for its home race. Not a bit of it

Stage six of the Tour de France in Normandy Wednesday saw Ireland's Ben Healy win with a long solo break. Mathieu van der Poel overtook overnight leader Tadej Pogacar by a second to reclaim the

Can Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel bounce back - or will Tadej Pogacar seal another Tour de France stage win?