Ireland has a new cycling hero. Ben Healy became the fourth Irish rider to earn the Tour de France’s yellow jersey Monday with a gritty ride in the fabled race’s first mountainous stage. Healy led for much of the tough 103-mile route through the Massif Central,

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 ...