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Powys County Times
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Ben Healy takes yellow jersey as Simon Yates wins stage 10 at Tour de France
Irishman Ben Healy rode himself into the yellow jersey with an outstanding display of grit and power as Simon Yates won stage 10 of the Tour de France from a breakaway on the Puy de Sancy. A monster Bastille Day stage through the Massif Central delivered the fireworks as Healy put in a huge shift in the break to maintain a sizeable gap over the chasing peloton, fighting his way to third on the stage and then counting the seconds until Tadej Pogacar finished. Pogacar put in a late dig as he traded blows with rival Jonas Vingegaard, but when the world champion came in four minutes 51 seconds behind Yates, 4:20 behind Healy, the yellow jersey swapped shoulders with Healy 29 seconds better off going into Tuesday's rest day. Yates profited as he followed Healy's lead for most of the last 20 kilometres, then distanced him on the climb to the finish, but the biggest grin was on the face of the 24-year-old EF Education-EasyPost man who became the fourth Irishman to wear yellow and the first since Stephen Roche in 1987. 'It was insanely tough, it was a battle against myself really,' Healy said. 'I just had to dig deep. My team-mates put in so much work today, Harry (Sweeny) and Alex (Baudin), I really, really wanted to pay them back and I'm happy I could do that in the end. 'I kind of gambled a bit. I had the stage win in the bank and how often do you get the opportunity to put yourself into yellow so I felt I had to take that and really go for it.' With the peloton made to wait an extra 24 hours for their first rest day, race organisers put a monster challenge in their way with eight categorised climbs and 4,500 metres of elevation on the 165km stage from Ennezat – ideal territory for a breakaway. A group of 29 eventually got away but were given little rope until they were whittled down to a more focused group of 17 midway through the stage, with the gap growing sufficiently to give Healy a hope of yellow. 💖💛💖💛💖 BEN IN YELLOW !!! The Irishman takes the leader's jersey on stage 10 after an insane ride from Healy and the squad 🥹 📸: @GettyImages #TDF2025 — EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) July 14, 2025 He got the message, abandoning the ambition of doubling up on his stage six victory and putting all of his efforts into powering on what became a group of just six riders, maintaining the gap to the peloton at more than five-and-a-half minutes almost until the foot of the 3.3km climb to the finish. That was the moment for Yates, the Giro d'Italia winner who came to the Tour to support Vingegaard, to launch his own attack, quickly distancing Healy and holding off Thymen Arensman to win his third career Tour stage and first since 2019 by a margin of nine seconds. 'It's been a long time!' Yates said. 'I was not really expecting any opportunities here. I came fully focused on Jonas and the GC, but the stage played out in a way that I could be here for the stage win and I took it with both hands. 'I'm under no illusions about what we're here for. Even today the main plan was to be there in case something was happening from behind but the gap was too big so I cracked on and went for the stage.'
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tokyo Olympic champion Carapaz to miss Tour de France
Ecuador's gold medallist Richard Carapaz celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony of the Men's Cycling 234 km Road Race of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Olympic road race champion Richard Carapaz will miss the 2025 Tour de France after developing a gastrointestinal infection while training at home in Ecuador, his EF Pro Cycling team said in a statement. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Tokyo 2020 Olympic road race champion Richard Carapaz will miss the 2025 Tour de France after developing a gastrointestinal infection while training at home in Ecuador, his EF Pro Cycling team said in a statement. Earlier this month, Carapaz was third in the Giro d'Italia and he's also the reigning Tour mountain classification champion. Advertisement "We're all gutted for Richard. He came out of the Giro with amazing form and was setting career-high power numbers in training. He sacrificed a lot to get to that level, so the timing really couldn't be worse," Jonathan Vaughters, EF Pro Cycling founder and CEO said. The Tour starts on July 5 in Lille and ends on July 27 in Paris.
The South African
29-06-2025
- Sport
- The South African
Tour de France yellow jersey contender ruled OUT
Richard Carapaz, the reigning Tour de France king of the mountains, will miss this year's race after developing a gastrointestinal infection training at home in Ecuador. 'Last week, he began experiencing abdominal pain and a high fever,' said his team EF on their website. '(Doctors) have advised against long-haul travel and competition at this time. As a result, Richard will not take part in this year's Tour de France.' Carapaz finished third in the Giro d'Italia earlier in June and would have led the EF Pro Cycling team in the Tour, which starts on July 5. 'We're all gutted for Richard,' said Jonathan Vaughters, the EF chief. 'He came out of the Giro with amazing form. 'He sacrificed a lot to get to that level, so the timing really couldn't be worse. We know how much the Tour means to him, so to lose him this close to the race is a real blow.' Carapaz, the 2020 Olympic champion and 2019 Giro winner, won the climbing and combativity prizes in last year's Tour de France. The team said that the 32-year-old 'will take a few weeks off to let his body fully recover' and then shift his focus to the least prestigious of the Grand Tours starting on August 23. 'His goal? Win the Vuelta a Espana,' said the team. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
The Guardian
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Richard Carapaz ruled out of Tour de France with stomach bug
Richard Carapaz, the reigning Tour de France king of the mountains, will miss this year's race after developing a gastrointestinal infection training at home in Ecuador. 'Last week, he began experiencing abdominal pain and a high fever,' his EF team said on their website. '[Doctors] have advised against long-haul travel and competition at this time. As a result, Richard will not take part in this year's Tour de France.' Carapaz finished third in the Giro d'Italia this month and would have led the EF Pro Cycling team on the Tour, which starts on 5 July. 'We're all gutted for Richard,' said Jonathan Vaughters, the EF chief executive. 'He came out of the Giro with amazing form. He sacrificed a lot to get to that level, so the timing really couldn't be worse. We know how much the Tour means to him, so to lose him this close to the race is a real blow.' Carapaz, the 2020 Olympic champion and 2019 Giro winner, won the climbing and combativity prizes in last year's Tour de France. The team said the 32-year-old 'will take a few weeks off to let his body fully recover' and then shift his focus to the least prestigious of the Grand Tours starting on 23 August. 'His goal? Win the Vuelta a España,' said the team.
The Guardian
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Richard Carapaz ruled out of Tour de France with stomach bug
Richard Carapaz, the reigning Tour de France king of the mountains, will miss this year's race after developing a gastrointestinal infection training at home in Ecuador. 'Last week, he began experiencing abdominal pain and a high fever,' his EF team said on their website. '[Doctors] have advised against long-haul travel and competition at this time. As a result, Richard will not take part in this year's Tour de France.' Carapaz finished third in the Giro d'Italia this month and would have led the EF Pro Cycling team in the Tour, which starts on 5 July. 'We're all gutted for Richard,' said Jonathan Vaughters, the EF chief. 'He came out of the Giro with amazing form. He sacrificed a lot to get to that level, so the timing really couldn't be worse. We know how much the Tour means to him, so to lose him this close to the race is a real blow.' Carapaz, the 2020 Olympic champion and 2019 Giro winner, won the climbing and combativity prizes in last year's Tour de France. The team said that the 32-year-old 'will take a few weeks off to let his body fully recover' and then shift his focus to the least prestigious of the Grand Tours starting on 23 August. 'His goal? Win the Vuelta a España,' said the team.
