
Simon Yates attacked from the break to win an arduous day in the Tour de France that saw yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar successfully fend off multiple blows from Yates's Visma-Lease a Bike team.
However, the Slovenian ultimately gave up yellow, with Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), who had been so active in the break, moving into the GC lead after spending so much time at or around the front of the breakaway.