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 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.

Ben Healy surged out on his own to win Stage 6 at the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Peul also took back the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar.

After an opening week of skirmishes expect battle to seriously commence among the GC contenders today as the race hits the mountains

Despite getting in the key breakaway on stage 10 of the Tour de France, Australians Ben O'Connor and Michael Storer end up empty handed as Ireland's Ben Healy takes yellow and England's Simon Yates wins the stage.

It is sometimes taken as a given that a lack of success has inhibited the nation's enthusiasm for its home race. Not a bit of it