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2 days ago
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Ireland's Ben Healy wins Super Combative award at Tour de France
IRELAND'S BEN HEALY has won the Super Combative award for his showing at the 2025 Tour de France. 'Ben Healy is the TDF 2025 Super Combative,' a post on the Tour de France X account reads. Advertisement 'After adding up the votes of the jury and the public, it is the Irishman who is rewarded for his resolutely offensive Tour.' Healy became the first Irish cyclist to wear the yellow jersey since Stephen Roche won the Tour in 1987. He was the fourth-ever overall leader from these shores after Roche, Shay Elliott and Sean Kelly, following a storming third-place Bastille Day performance. The 24-year-old won stage six, his maiden triumph, and was pipped to second on stage 16 after a sensational finish last Tuesday. The Super Combativity award — for the most aggressive rider through the Tour — comes with a a €20,000 prize, a trophy and a place on the podium in Paris. Healy is the second Irishman to win the prize after Dan Martin in 2018. The final stage is down for decision today, with Healy ninth in the general classification.
The 42
14-07-2025
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Brilliant Ben Healy takes fabled yellow jersey as overall leader at the Tour de France
BEN HEALY HAS written his name into the Irish cycling history books with a magnificent ride to move into the overall race lead at the Tour de France. Healy will wear the leader's fabled yellow jersey — becoming the first Irishman to hold the honour since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. Advertisement The 24-year-old started Monday's Bastille Day stage 3:55 behind three-time champion Tadej Pogacar in the general classification standings, but finished the 165.3 km ride from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy 4:20 ahead of the Slovenian star. Healy, who already made his mark on this year's tour in winning Thursday's sixth stage, was firmly in contention for a second stage right until the final kilometres. In the end, Simon Yates pulled clear to win the stage with Thymen Arensman in second and a battling Healy 31 seconds back in third. Healy now leads the general classification standings by 29 seconds from Pogacar, with Belgium's Remco Evenepoel in third, 1:29 behind Healy. Healy becomes the fourth Irish rider to wear Tour de France yellow, following Shay Elliott, Sean Kelly and Roche.
The Journal
14-07-2025
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Ireland's brilliant Ben Healy takes fabled yellow jersey as overall leader at Tour de France
BEN HEALY HAS written his name into the Irish cycling history books with a magnificent ride to move into the overall race lead at the Tour de France. Healy will wear the leader's fabled yellow jersey, becoming the first Irishman to hold the honour since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. Advertisement The 24-year-old started Monday's Bastille Day stage 3:55 behind three-time champion Tadej Pogacar in the general classification standings, but finished the 165.3 km ride from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy ahead of the Slovenian star. More to follow… Written by Niall Kelly and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
The 42
02-07-2025
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Ireland's Ben Healy confirmed for Tour de France
IRELAND'S BEN HEALY has been confirmed to ride at the Tour de France with EF Education-EasyPost. Healy's inclusion on the Tour comes after it was announced yesterday that Cork's Eddie Dunbar would be making his Tour de France debut this year. The 2025 race gets underway in Lille on Saturday. Harry Sweeny, Neilson Powless, Vincenzo Albanese, Michael Valgren, Alex Baudin, Kasper Asgreen, and Marijn van den Berg will all join Healy on the EF Education-EasyPost team. 'I would love to win a stage at the Tour de France,' Healy said following the team announcement. Advertisement 'Last year was my first experience at the Tour and it was just massive. I am really proud of the way we raced last year. We were always part of the action. 'We've got a really balanced team that can go for it almost every day at the Tour. This spring gave me a lot of confidence. I got my best results in the Ardennes and at Strade and had the win in the Basque Country. Since the Dauphiné, I have been working hard up at altitude in Andorra. Now it's time to race.'
