Tour de France stage 6: Ben Healy launches long-range attack for solo victory

Ireland’s Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed to victory on stage 6 of the Tour de France, attacking out of the day-long breakaway with 42km to ride to his first Tour stage win, whilst Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) reclaimed yellow behind.

Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) out-climbed Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) on the steep finale to take second, after the pair attacked to try to chase down Healy in the last 30km, but ultimately they were unable to catch the strong Irishman and the end of a long and aggressive day.

Healy was the first rider to kick off the breakaway attempts at the start of stage 6, battling through a long, hard-fought break formation process that took over 60km and saw him caught and attacking again more than once.