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Tour de France Stage 10: Ben Healy Takes Yellow Jersey After Gutsy Mountain Ride

Ben Healy made history as the fourth Irishman to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey after a stellar performance in the first mountainous stage through France’s Massif Central. Although he finished third behind stage winner Simon Yates, Healy's brilliant riding earned him the most combative rider title and a 29-second lead over Tadej Pogacar in the general classification. The 23-year-old, who claimed his first Tour stage win days earlier, now follows in the footsteps of Irish greats like Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche. 

Tour de France Stage 10 Ben Healy
Tour de France 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 Stage 10 Simon Yates
Tour de France 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 Stage 10
Ireland's Ben Healy Photo: AP/Thibault Camus, POOL

Ireland's Ben Healy celebrates taking the overall leader's yellow jersey 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 Stage 10
Britain's Simon Yates Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Britain's Simon Yates crosses the finish line to win the 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 Stage 10
Tour de France Stage 10 Photo: AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, left, shakes hand with Italy's Jonathan Milan, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey as Ireland's Ben Healy, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey looks on, prior to the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 156.8 kilometers (97.4 miles) with start and finish in Toulouse, France.

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

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, cross the finish line hand-in-hand of the 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 Stage 10
Tour de France Stage 10 Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Ireland's Ben Healy leads the breakaway before Netherlands' Thymen Arensman 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 Stage 10
Tour de France Stage 10 Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, and teammate Belgium's Tim Wellens, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey, shake hands before the start of the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Ennezat and finish in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France.

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Tour de France Stage 10
Tour de France Stage 10 Photo: AP/Thibault Camus

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in 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.

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