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.

Ben Healy was denied victory on Mont Ventoux by a bike length as Valentin Paret-Peintre delivered a first home stage win of this year’s Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar dealt with every attack attempted by rival Jonas Vingegaard and even put a couple of seconds into him at the finish to move four minutes 15 clear in yellow,

1. Valentin Paret-Peintre, France, Soudal Quick-Step, 4:03:19. 2. Ben Healy, Ireland, EF Education-EasyPost, same time. 3. Santiago Buitrago, Colombia, Bahrain Victorious, 4:03:23. 4. Ilan van Wilder, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step, 4:03:33.

Ireland’s Ben Healy lost a chance at Stage 10 victory Monday but gained something far more valuable when he took over the leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France following a 165.3-kilometer battle in the mountains from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy.

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.

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.

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.

The EF Education-EasyPost rider escaped from a high-quality, eight-man breakaway to earn the biggest win of his career

Ireland's Ben Healy soared through the hills of Normandy to win Stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday. Healy completed the 201.5-kilometer trek from Bayeux to Vire Normandie a full two minutes and 44 seconds ahead of American runner-up Quinn Simmons.

Mathieu van der Poel reclaimed the overall leader's yellow jersey by one second, climbing above overnight leader Tadej Pogacar.

Ireland has a new cycling hero. Ben Healy became the fourth Irish rider to earn the Tour de France’s yellow jersey Monday with a gritty ride in the fabled race’s first mountainous stage. Healy led for much of the tough 103-mile route through the Massif Central,

Glenmore's Mia Griffin, the reigning Irish national champion, has been confirmed to make her Tour de France Femmes debut. The 26-year-old will line out for Swiss team Roland Le Dévoluy. Griffin is the first Irish rider officially announced, but up to three Irish cyclists are expected to feature when the race begins this Saturday.