Stage victory a Simon Yateswho a month ago won the Giro d’Italia, and yellow jersey that passes from Tadej Pogacar to Ben Healy. In the first real demanding mountain stage and on the eve of the first day of rest and then climbing the Pyrenees, the Tour de France inflames and gives emotions to fans. The Slovenian knew that the 163 kilometers of today from Ennezat to Le Mont Dore, the last on the central massif, would have been an opportunity to be exploited for his direct opponents, above all Remco Eventpool and Jonas Vingegaard. And in fact he limited himself to checking them for almost the whole race before the final climb.
The stage race developed first with an escape of a small group inside which there was also Ben Healy. The Irish, already the solo winner of the sixth stage on Thursday in Vire, although not a climber, placed himself third and managed, at least for today, to conquer the yellow jersey of the leader of the race. It hadn’t happened for 37 years that there was an Irish at the head of the race or since in 1987 Stephen Rochewho had just won the tour, then managed to conquer the great Boucle and world. The stage victory went to Simon Yates who, taking advantage of the “day of freedom” granted to him by his team, played with experience. The British was covered in the fugitive group until, three kilometers of arrival, he launched the decisive attack.
Behind him the Dutch was placed Thymen Arensman with 9 seconds late and finally Ben Healy A +31. The Australians Well O’Connor (+49 ”) e Michael Storer (+1’23 ”) anticipated the second group of fugitives composed of JOe Blackmore, Anders Johannessen And Lenny Martinez, the latter resumed on the finish line from Tadej Pogacar And Jonas Vingegaard. The Slovenian now has 29 “late on Healy but does not appear particularly worried perhaps because it will be convinced that the incoming stages will help him. Behind him Evenepol at 1’29’e Vingegaard at 1’46 “. Tomorrow, in fact, the Tour de France will observe a day of rest but will then move to Toulouse for the first of three days of large stages in the mountains of the Pyrenees.