Cycling-Healy solos to win Tour stage six, Van der Poel retakes yellow by one second
FRANCE (Reuters) -Ireland's Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) went alone to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, with Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wrestling back the leader's yellow jersey from reigning champion Tadej Pogacar.
Healy attacked from an eight-man breakaway, which included Van der Poel, with over 40km remaining on the 201.5km ride from Bayeux to Vire Normandie, and pulled away to reach the finish line well ahead of American Quinn Simmons with Australian Michael Storer third.
Van der Poel, who lost the overall lead to Pogacar after Wednesday's individual time trial, was unable to keep pace with the breakaway but moved back to the top of the general classification with a gap of one second over the Slovenian champion.
(Writing by Trevor StynesEditing by Christian Radnedge)
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