Milan gets 2nd Tour de France stage win
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Jonas Abrahamsen, 29, claims the first Grand Tour stage win of his career. And it's the first Tour de France victory for Norwegian team Uno-X Mobility. Jonas Abrahamsen holds off Mauro Schmid to win stage 11 of the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Poel crosses seven seconds later in third.
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.
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.
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Independent.ie on MSNIreland’s Ben Healy denied Tour de France stage victory by a bike length in dramatic finish on Mont VentouxBen 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,
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 EF Education-EasyPost rider escaped from a high-quality, eight-man breakaway to earn the biggest win of his career
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.