Ben Healy climbed top of the overall rankings at the Tour de France on Monday on a mountain stage won by Briton Simon Yates in a breakaway group.
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Race favourites Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard crossed the line together just shy of five minutes behind the escape group after eight climbs in the Massif Central.
2025 Giro d'Italia winner Yates attacked on the last of the day's climbs, with Thymen Arensman of Ineos second and Healy coming third at 31sec.
Healy won stage six of the Tour de France in Normandy on Thursday with a long solo break and Monday he had already sealed the combativity award for his attacks.
Healy had done most of the work in the escape all afternoon and now leads the Tour itself by 29sec from defending champion Pogacar, with Remco Evenepoel in third at 1min 29sec.
Denmark's double Tour de France champion Vingegaard is fourth overall at 1min 46sec, and his Visma teammate Matteo Jorgenson sits fifth.
Recompense for the home nation on the national Bastille Day holiday came in the form of Lenny Martinez as he earned the King of the Mountains polka dot jersey with 27 points garnered on the day's stage.
STAGE WINNERS
1. Simon Yates (GBR) Team Visma - Lease a Bike 4:20:05
2. Thymen Arensman (NED) INEOS Grenadiers +9
3. Ben Healy (IRL) EF Education - EasyPost +31
4. Ben O'Connor (AUS) Team Jayco AlUla +49
5. Michael Storer (AUS) Tudor Pro Cycling Team +1:23
6. Joe Blackmore (GBR) Israel - Premier Tech +3:57
7. Anders Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Mobility +4:38
8. Lenny Martinez (FRA) Bahrain Victorious +4:51
9. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates - XRG "
10. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Team Visma - Lease a Bike "
11. Florian Lipowitz (GER) Red Bull - BORA - +4:54 hansgrohe
12. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Team Visma - Lease a Bike "
13. Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Soudal Quick-Step +4:57
14. Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL "
15. Tobias Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Mobility "
16. Primož Roglic (SLO) Red Bull - BORA - " hansgrohe
17. Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale +5:11 Team
18. Carlos RodrÃguez (ESP) INEOS Grenadiers +5:15
19. Jordan Jegat (FRA) TotalEnergies "
20. Sergio Higuita (COL) XDS Astana Team +5:31
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Ben Healy (IRL) EF Education - EasyPost 37:41:49
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates - XRG +29
3. Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Soudal Quick-Step +1:29
4. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Team Visma - Lease a Bike +1:46
5. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Team Visma - Lease a Bike +2:06
6. Kévin Vauquelin (FRA) Arkéa - B&B Hotels +2:26
7. Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL +3:24
8. Florian Lipowitz (GER) Red Bull - BORA - +3:34 hansgrohe
9. Primož Roglic (SLO) Red Bull - BORA - +3:41 hansgrohe
10. Tobias Johannessen (NOR) Uno-X Mobility +5:03
11. Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale +5:38 Team
12. Carlos RodrÃguez (ESP) INEOS Grenadiers +5:44
13. Enric Mas (ESP) Movistar Team +5:56
14. Jordan Jegat (FRA) TotalEnergies +6:32
15. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) Lidl - Trek +7:02
16. Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet Groupama - FDJ +10:44 (FRA)
17. Jhonatan Narváez (ECU) UAE Team Emirates - XRG +11:29
18. Ben O'Connor (AUS) Team Jayco AlUla +11:50
19. Romain Grégoire (FRA) Groupama - FDJ +15:15
20. Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Cofidis +15:41