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ABC News
10-07-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Michael Storer third in Tour de France stage six, Tadej Pogačar gives up yellow jersey
Michael Storer has achieved the best Australian result so far at this year's Tour de France, finishing third in stage six. Ireland's Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) won the 201.5-kilometre trek from Bayeux to Vire Normandie after a long solo breakaway. Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wrestled back the overall leader's yellow jersey from reigning champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). Healy attacked from an eight-man breakaway, which included van der Poel, with 42km remaining and pulled away to reach the finish line well ahead of second-placed American Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) and Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team). "I spent a bit too much time trying to get into the break, but I think that's just the way I do it," Healy said. "Once I was in there we really had to work for that gap and it was just on the pedals all day and I knew I needed to get away from the group and picked my moment." Van der Poel, who lost the overall lead to Pogačar after the individual time trial in stage five, was unable to keep pace with the breakaway. But he moved back to the top of the general classification with a gap of one second over Slovenia's Pogačar. Van der Poel, who first took the yellow jersey after winning stage two, began the day 1:28 behind Pogačar. The breakaway group had managed to put more than four minutes between themselves and the peloton, with Pogačar's teammates appearing unconcerned about losing the yellow jersey at this early stage of the race. After Healy broke free and the others gave chase, van der Poel lost his momentum and — on a day with six categorised climbs and an uphill finish — he looked a tired figure as he dragged himself to the line in eighth place. Pogačar ended up crossing the finish next and the three-time champion will be more than happy to sit just one second behind van der Poel. Jack Haig (Team Bahrain Victorious) and Ben O'Connor (Team Jayco AlUla) are the best-placed Australians in the general classifications in 20th and 21st respectively. Haig is 5:09 off the pace, with O'Connor (5:30) further back. Reuters/ABC
Reuters
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Healy solos to win Tour stage six, Van der Poel retakes yellow by one second
VIRE NORMANDIE, France, July 10 (Reuters) - Ireland's Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) went out 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 42km 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. Healy's move came after the group had been out ahead for more than 100 kilometres and while Simmons and Storer later decided to give chase, the Irishman increased his lead only as he climbed to the finish. "I spent a bit too much time trying to get into the break but I think that's just the way I do it," Healy said. "Once I was in there we really had to work for that gap and it was just on the pedals all day and I knew I needed to get away from the group and picked my moment and I think I timed it well." Van der Poel, who first took the yellow jersey after winning stage two, began the day one minute 28 seconds behind Pogacar but at one stage looked like opening up an even bigger lead than that himself. The breakaway group had managed to put more than four minutes between themselves and the peloton, with Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates appearing unconcerned about losing the yellow jersey at this early stage of the race. After Healy broke free and the others gave chase, Van der Poel lost his momentum and, on a day with six categorised climbs and an uphill finish, the Dutchman looked a tired figure as he dragged himself to the line in eighth place. Pogacar ended up crossing the finish next and the three-times champion, while losing all three jerseys, will be more than happy to sit just one second behind Van der Poel. Others lost a lot more time on a stage which brought the first breakaway win of the Tour, after a large group of riders had been dropped early on. Italian Jonathan Milan earned himself the green points jersey by winning an intermediate sprint but, along with fellow sprint specialists Biniam Girmay, Tim Merlier and Kaden Groves, he came in almost half an hour after Healy. Friday's stage seven is a 197km trek from Saint-Malo to Guerledan.
The Guardian
10-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France 2025: Van der Poel wrestles back yellow as Healy wins stage six
Ireland's Ben Healy struck out alone to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, with Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel 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 more than 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 one second lead over the Slovenian. Jeremy Whittle's report to follow shortly.
The Guardian
10-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France 2025: stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie
Update: Date: 2025-07-10T10:29:59.000Z Title: Stage six: Bayeux to Vire, 201km Content: Here's a look at today's stage, Thursday 10 July: Bayeux to Vire, 201.5km, with William Fotheringham's preview: The Suisse Normande isn't widely known among cyclists now, but back in the day local amateurs spoke in awe of races over this area's leg-breaking climbs. The fun starts in the final 70km, with three third-category climbs, before a final little brute, the Côte de Vaudry, 4km from the finish. French fans will be hoping Julian Alaphilippe can throw back the years as this would have been made for him in his pomp. 🚲 Stage 6 / Étape 6 🚲🚩 @BayeuxOfficiel 🏁 Vire Normandie📏 201.5 km⏰ 12:35 CEST > 17:26 CEST⛰ 5x3️⃣, 1x4️⃣💚 km 22,2#TDF2025🔎 More details and stage description on our official website Update: Date: 2025-07-10T10:25:15.000Z Title: Preamble Content: At 201.5km, today's stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie is the second longest stage of this year's Tour. It's also a punchy stage with a total elevation gain of 3,550m – that's greater than the third week stage that ends with a climb of Mont Ventoux. There are six categories climbs on the route today; all category three except the final Cote de Vaudry. And the finish is steep, averaging just over 10% for 700 metres. The peloton are scheduled to rollout at 12.35pm CEST (11.35am BST) and the finish is estimated to be at about 5.14pm CEST (4.14pm BST). So how might today look? A stage like this could be one for a good breakaway. Of course, where there's a climb, Tadej Pogacar won't be far away. It'll be interesting to see how Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo Visma-Lease a Bike play today after yesterday's disappointing time trial result. Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) is one to watch having grown up in Normandy; he knows the terrain and climbs well. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin‑Deceuninck) is a favourite too among pundits. As always I'd love to hear your predictions so please email me your thoughts, questions and guesses. While we wait for the live TV coverage to kick off, here's Jeremy Whittle's stage five race report:
The Independent
15-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Giro d'Italia Stage 6 preview: Another chance for sprinters on longest stage of this year's race
The 2025 Giro d'Italia continues with stage six, the longest stage of this year's edition at 226km - 75km more than Wednesday's rather trim stage five. That was won by the pink jersey of Mads Pedersen, who underlined his seriously impressive form by securing a hat-trick of victories and winning his first in the leader's maglia rosa. Unfortunately for his rivals today could be another one for the Dane, who won in today's finish town of Naples in the 2023 edition. There's a very hilly start to proceedings with an unmarked climb of the the Valico di Monte Romito in the start town of Potenza, and from there it's up and down for much of the day, but the course profile levels off with 60km to go and this should be the finale to a trilogy of stages for the fast men this week. For those bored of them, good news - Friday's stage seven has been earmarked by many as the day the fight for the maglia rosa really begins. Thursday first, though: the first categorised climb of the day is 40km in, and it's a long, 19.9km category 2 climb - the longest of the race so far - to Valco di Monte Carruozzo, hitting highs of 11%. From there the sprinters can recover over a largely rolling 50km before a category 3 ascent to Monteforte Irpino with 83km remaining. Then it's time for the bedraggled sprinters to restore order and get back to the front before a fourth finish in Naples in as many years. There's a false flat on a twisting pavé road until the 2km to go mark, when the route levels off and the riders head onto a wide, flat 900m finishing straight. In theory the early climbs should suit a breakaway, but few teams have bothered with those so far in the race and it's safe to assume that even if anyone does get up the road the sprinters' teams will keep them on a tight leash. Lidl-Trek have produced some masterful team performances to control the race so far and are likely to do the same today to keep Pedersen in pink for as long as possible, although the Dane may find himself out-sprinted by the fastest of his rivals on today's more sprinter-friendly finale. Route map and profile Start time Earlier start time than usual today: live coverage begins at 10.15am BST, with the race set to start at around 10.50am and conclude by 4.30pm. Prediction The likes of Olav Kooij (second on stage four), Kaden Groves and Sam Bennett were distanced on the climbs yesterday but should be back at the business end of proceedings today as the pure sprinters look to make their mark. Kooij's Visma-Lease a Bike leadout train hasn't exactly been firing on all cylinders but the young Dutchman can manueuvre himself into position even without them and is probably the fastest of the bunch, with a second place already to his name this week. Let's go with Olav Kooij, although watch out too for compatriot and stage four winner Casper van Uden, who was majestic on Tuesday.
