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The Journal
2 days ago
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- The Journal
Ben Healy loses yellow jersey after first mountain stage of the Tour de France
LAST UPDATE | 2 hrs ago The 42 BEN HEALY RELINQUISHED the yellow jersey as Tadej Pogacar reclaimed the lead at the Tour de France with an imperious stage 12 triumph on the Hautacam mountain in the Pyrenees today. 💛 Ben Healy tries to hang on to his Yellow Jersey, supported by @harry_sweeny 🇮🇪 Ben Healy tente de s'accrocher à son Maillot Jaune, soutenu par @harry_sweeny #TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 17, 2025 Pogacar skipped away on an 11km solo ascent of the fabled climb to finish 2min 10sec ahead of key rival Jonas Vingegaard while overnight leader Healy wilted to a 13min deficit on the day. Advertisement Overnight leader Healy took a beating on his second day defending the yellow jersey as the EF rider slipped off the pace on the first climb, while doggedly trying to limit his losses. He is now 11th, over 13 minutes behind Pogacar. French president Emmanuel Macron was on hand at the mountaintop finish to congratulate the Slovenian Team UAE rider. Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel dug deep after being dropped on the first of three climbs to claw back level, before eventually losing 3min 35sec on the day's 180.6km ride from Auch, finishing seventh. 🏁 The last few metres of this ascent where the world champion put on a real show! 🏁 Les derniers mètres de cette ascension où le champion du monde a offert une véritable démonstration ! #TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 17, 2025 Related Reads 'I've lost a few years of life today': Ben Healy retains Tour de France yellow jersey How Ben Healy - grandson of Irish immigrants - made sporting history at the Tour de France 'This is just a fairytale': Ireland's brilliant Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France In the overall standings Pogacar now leads the Tour de France by 3min 31sec over Denmark's Vingegaard while Evenepoel is third at a daunting 4min 45sec. Worse for any pretenders hoping to stop the defending champion is that Friday's stage 13 comes in the shape of an uphill individual time-trial that the Slovenian said this week he was looking forward to. Written by AFP and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
RTÉ News
2 days ago
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- RTÉ News
Tadej Pogacar scales the heights at Tour de France
Ben Healy struggled in the stifling heat on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar tore his yellow jersey away with a display of pure dominance on the first true mountain test of this year's race. On the Hautacam, where Jonas Vingegaard left Pogacar behind in a decisive attack in his 2022 Tour win, the world champion exacted revenge, attacking 12 kilometres from the summit finish and putting two minutes 10 seconds into his rival, who finished second on the day. Pogacar's third stage win of this Tour, the 20th of his career, put him a big step closer to what would be a fourth overall title as he leads by three minutes 31 seconds from Vingegaard, with both men putting time into third-placed Remco Evenepoel, now four minutes 45 seconds down. Healy, who took yellow out of a breakaway on stage 10, shipped 13 and a half minutes on the 180.6km stage from Auch as he finished 25th and dropped to 11th in the general classification. There were questions over how Pogacar might be feeling as he started the day bandaged up on his right side following a crash late on Wednesday's stage into Toulouse, but by the finish line there was no doubt about his status as the class of this field. The riders were barely on to the Hautacam, the first hors categorie climb of this Tour at an average gradient of 7.9km over 13.5km, when Pogacar burst off the wheel of team-mate Jhonatan Narvaez, with Vingegaard unable to keep up. Pogacar gradually pulled further and further clear, and such was his level of control he even had the wherewithal to point out of a passing camera operator a fan's placard stuck to their motorbike inside the final two kilometres. 💛 Ben Healy gave his all to honor the @MaillotjauneLCL. Bravo Ben for two great days in Yellow! 💛 Ben Healy a tout donné pour honorer le @MaillotjauneLCL. Bravo Ben pour ces deux belles journées en Jaune ! #TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 17, 2025 "I almost already forgot (about the Hautacam stage in 2022) and was just looking forward to today, then all the people came to me saying all the time about this, 'Is this revenge time?' Then when we approached the bottom of the climb it was the reverse story of a few years ago," he said. "For sure you don't know how the body reacts after a crash, but it was not too bad a crash. I feel my hip only if I do acrobatics, but here riding the bike it's not big flexing." Pogacar dedicated his stage win to Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian development rider who died after a crash at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta on Wednesday. Evenepoel was among several riders appearing to struggle in temperatures in the mid-30s. He slipped back on the Soulor and although he recovered on the descent, the Belgian was quickly dropped again on the Hautacam, conceding three and a half minutes to Pogacar. For Healy his second day in yellow was one of suffering too. He survived longer than Evenepoel on the Soulor but once he was gapped, his deficit ballooned as the breakaway specialist found the challenge of hanging with the general classification riders too much. But Young Scot Oscar Onley, 22, was again up to that task for almost all of the day, finishing fifth on the day.
The 42
3 days ago
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- The 42
'I've lost a few years of life today': Ben Healy retains Tour de France yellow jersey
🏁 Will @mathieuvdpoel catch the two leaders? Who will claim the win? Relive the last km of this incredible stage! 🏁 @mathieuvdpoel va-t-il rattraper les deux leaders ? Qui s'imposera ? Revivez le dernier km de cette incroyable étape !#TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 16, 2025 IRELAND'S BEN HEALY finished safely among the peloton to retain the race leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France on Wednesday, as Jonas Abrahamsen won stage 11 in Toulouse. Healy pulled on the iconic yellow jersey with a magnificent breakaway ride on Monday, becoming only the fourth Irishman in history to hold the honour — and the first since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. After Tuesday's rest day, he finished Wednesday's stage alongside the major general classification contenders, and retains his 29-second lead over three-time winner Tadej Pogacar. Healy will lead the peloton into the Pyrenees on Thursday where the first real mountains will test his and everyone's legs on the legendary beyond category Hautacam climb. Advertisement Healy (yellow jersey) with Lenny Martinez (polka dot), Remco Evenepoel (white), and Jonathan Milan (green). Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo 'I've lost a few years of life today, because it was a super stressful stage,' Healy said afterwards. 'I was trying to keep my powder dry and this made me get dropped from the peloton early on, forcing my teammates to chase down – it was a super team effort! 'At some point, Tadej missed a split and the opportunity arose for me to attack along with Jonas [Vingegaard]. I did so because I felt like putting the hammer down. The final was very tough, too, making for a pretty hard day. It's pretty ambitious to try and keep the yellow jersey atop Hautacam with guys like Tadej and Jonas in contention, yet I'm optimistic and will give it a go tomorrow. 'I'm enjoying this yellow jersey so much… It's been crazy at home, and it's incredible to wear it in the race.' Defending champion Pogacar crashed 4km from the line after hitting the back wheel of another rider. He struggled to put his chain on after sliding across several metres of tarmac and had looked as if he would lose 30 to 40 seconds, but his rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel sportingly waited for the Slovenian to catch up after he got back on his bike. 🤝 Sportsmanship at its best! 🤝 La sportivité du peloton !#TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 16, 2025 The thrilling stage over 156km from Toulouse and back was unexpectedly won by Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen as a long range breakaway foiled the ambitions of the sprinters. Abrahamsen contested a two-way cat-and-mouse war of nerves down the home straight with Swiss Mauro Schmid as the cunning Mathieu van der Poel crept up on them and finished third seven seconds later. Wednesday's run was billed as a likely sprint finish with 70 points at stake in the sprint points standings at Toulouse. Stage 11 did however feature five small climbs along a 156.8km route making sure it was constantly fast and nerve-wracking. – © AFP 2025
The Journal
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Journal
'I've lost a few years of life today': Ben Healy retains Tour de France yellow jersey
The 42 🏁 Will @mathieuvdpoel catch the two leaders? Who will claim the win? Relive the last km of this incredible stage! 🏁 @mathieuvdpoel va-t-il rattraper les deux leaders ? Qui s'imposera ? Revivez le dernier km de cette incroyable étape ! #TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 16, 2025 IRELAND'S BEN HEALY finished safely among the peloton to retain the race leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France today, as Jonas Abrahamsen won stage 11 in Toulouse. Healy pulled on the iconic yellow jersey with a magnificent breakaway ride on Monday, becoming only the fourth Irishman in history to hold the honour – and the first since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. After Tuesday's rest day, he finished today's stage alongside the major general classification contenders, and retains his 29-second lead over three-time winner Tadej Pogacar. Healy will lead the peloton into the Pyrenees on Thursday where the first real mountains will test his and everyone's legs on the legendary beyond category Hautacam climb. Advertisement Healy (yellow jersey) with Lenny Martinez (polka dot), Remco Evenepoel (white), and Jonathan Milan (green). Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo 'I've lost a few years of life today, because it was a super stressful stage,' Healy said afterwards. 'I was trying to keep my powder dry and this made me get dropped from the peloton early on, forcing my teammates to chase down – it was a super team effort! 'At some point, Tadej missed a split and the opportunity arose for me to attack along with Jonas [Vingegaard]. I did so because I felt like putting the hammer down. The final was very tough, too, making for a pretty hard day. It's pretty ambitious to try and keep the yellow jersey atop Hautacam with guys like Tadej and Jonas in contention, yet I'm optimistic and will give it a go tomorrow. 'I'm enjoying this yellow jersey so much… It's been crazy at home, and it's incredible to wear it in the race.' Defending champion Pogacar crashed 4km from the line after hitting the back wheel of another rider. He struggled to put his chain on after sliding across several metres of tarmac and had looked as if he would lose 30 to 40 seconds, but his rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel sportingly waited for the Slovenian to catch up after he got back on his bike. 🤝 Sportsmanship at its best! 🤝 La sportivité du peloton ! #TDF2025 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 16, 2025 The thrilling stage over 156km from Toulouse and back was unexpectedly won by Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen as a long range breakaway foiled the ambitions of the sprinters. Related Reads How Ben Healy - grandson of Irish immigrants - made sporting history at the Tour de France 'This is just a fairytale': Ireland's brilliant Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France Ireland's Ben Healy wins Tour de France stage with brilliant breakaway Abrahamsen contested a two-way cat-and-mouse war of nerves down the home straight with Swiss Mauro Schmid as the cunning Mathieu van der Poel crept up on them and finished third seven seconds later. Today's run was billed as a likely sprint finish with 70 points at stake in the sprint points standings at Toulouse. Stage 11 did however feature five small climbs along a 156.8km route making sure it was constantly fast and nerve-wracking. © AFP 2025 Written by AFP and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
TimesLIVE
5 days ago
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Healy gives Ireland rare yellow jersey as Yates wins Tour 10th stage
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. Giro d'Italia champion Yates emerged from the day's breakaway to secure his third career Tour stage win, pulling away on the final climb to beat Thymen Arensman of the Netherlands and Healy, who finished second and third, respectively. Heading into the first rest day, Healy leads defending champion Tadej Pogacar by 29 seconds in the general classification, after the Slovenian eased off on the final ascent. 🗣️ "I wasn't expecting any opportunities here. We came here fully focused on Jonas and the GC. The stage played out in a way that I could be there for the stage win and yeah took it with both hands." - 🇬🇧 Simon Yates Interview with Stage 10 winner, Simon Yates ⤵️ 🗣️ "Je ne… — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2025 Belgian Remco Evenepoel sits third, one minute further back, after losing six seconds in the closing kilometres when Pogacar briefly surged in an attempt to test Jonas Vingegaard, widely seen as his main rival for the overall title. Vingegaard stayed locked onto Pogacar's wheel and remains 1:17 behind the UAE Team Emirates leader. As Pogacar approached the finish, Healy smiled while watching the Slovenian on the giant screen. With Pogacar visibly backing off, the EF Education — EasyPost rider crossed the line to become the first Irishman to lead the Tour since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. MAILLOT JAUNEEEEE 💛💛💛💛 #TDF2025 l @EFprocycling — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2025 Healy had looked one of the strongest riders in the breakaway on the 165.3-km hilly route from Ennezat, but Yates timed his move to perfection, attacking solo on the final climb to seal a tactical victory. While Yates rode cleverly to win the stage, the Visma-Lease a Bike team strategy was somehow puzzling as the Briton is expected to ride in support of his leader, Vingegaard. 'The plan was to be in a breakaway in case someone [from the team] would attack from behind, but the gap became too big,' Yates explained, six years after winning his last Tour stage. 'It's been a long time, I did not expect it. We're here for Jonas.' After Tuesday's rest, and Wednesday's flat stage around Toulouse, the peloton will head into the Pyrenees, where the GC battle will heat up.
