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Amy Sedghi

Tour de France 2025: Ben Healy wins stage six, Van der Poel pips Pogacar to yellow jersey – as it happened

EasyPost team’s Irish rider Ben Healy celebrates as he crosses the finish line in Vire Normandie.
EasyPost team’s Irish rider Ben Healy celebrates as he crosses the finish line in Vire Normandie. Photograph: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

Tour de France 2025 stage six race report:

Stage six did not disappoint. There were plenty of breakaways and attacks, not to mention a lot of climbing for the riders. It was relentless. However, it was EF Education-EasyPost’s Ben Healy who stole the show with an impressive solo attack at 42km to go. Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) and Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) gave chase, fighting to get to Healy, and ended the day with a second and third place respectively.

Meanwhile, Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who was in a decisive breakaway for a big chunk of the day, ended stage six taking the yellow jersey off Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by one second. It was a gripping day. Thank you for keeping me company, emailing in and reading the blog.

A full race report of today’s stage will be posted here shortly.

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