Tour De France 2025: Ben Healy Clinches Yellow Jersey In Stage 10

Ireland has a new cycling hero. Ben Healy became 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. Healy led for much of the tough 165.3-kilometer route through the Massif Central — France’s south-central highland region — but had to be content with third place after Giro d’Italia winner Simon Yates broke on the final ascent to take the stage victory. But Healy’s push — he was nominated the most combative rider of the day on France’s national day — was enough to take a 29-second lead over Tadej Pogačar in the general classification and take the yellow jersey from the three-time Tour champion. “It’s a fairy tale, you know,” said Healy, who claimed his first stage victory at the Tour on Thursday. “If you’d told me before this Tour, I think I wouldn’t have believed it. So a stage win and yellow jersey is just incredible and beyond belief, really.”

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Updated on: 15 July 2025 1:04 pm

2025 Tour de France cycling race stage 10 photo_overall leader Ireland's Ben Healy

Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

New overall leader Ireland's Ben Healy celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Stage winner Britain's Simon Yates celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

France's Lenny Martinez, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

Ireland's Ben Healy, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

Spectators watch the podium ceremony after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Ireland's Ben Healy leads the breakaway with Netherlands' Thymen Arensman, Australia's Ben O'Connor, Australia's Michael Storer, and Britain's Simon Yates, from right to left, during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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2025 Tour de France cycling race stage 10 photo_Quinn Simmons of the U.S.

Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Quinn Simmons of the U.S. speeds downhill in the breakaway during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

The pack rides on the Charade Circuit during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

The pack rides during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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2025 Tour de France cycling race stage 10 photo_Belgiums Tim Wellens

Tour de France cycling race: Stage 10 | Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Belgium's Tim Wellens, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, sets the pace for the pack during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers (102.7 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.