Ben Healy has showed an impeccable sense of timing so far at this year's Tour de France, and he topped it off by taking the leader's Yellow Jersey ahead of a rest day.

On Thursday, he won the sixth stage, and Ben Healy was perhaps the top favorite for the Tour de France's tenth stage. But the Irishman from EF Education - EasyPost put his ambitions for the day aside and secured the yellow jersey.

However, it was Great Britain’s Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Ireland’s Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) who delivered the day’s fireworks. Stage 10 marked the first mountain stage in this year’s Tour, a 165-kilometer route stretching from ...