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

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.

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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.

1. Thymen Arensman, Netherlands, Ineos Grenadiers, 4:53:35. 2. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 4:54:43. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:54:47. 4. Felix Gall, Austria, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, 4:54:54. 5. Florian Lipowitz, Germany, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, 4:55:00.

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,

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.

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.

Ireland’s Ben Healy breaks clear to win Tour de France stage six - Healy went alone from an eight-strong breakaway group with 42km left.