Healy’s gritty ride in the race’s first mountainous stage gives him the overall lead while Simon Yates earns the stage 10 victory.

Ben Healy rode himself into the ground in a nail-biting finale to become the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, as Britain’s Simon Yates claimed victory in stage 10 on Monday with a perfectly timed attack.

Despite getting in the key breakaway on stage 10 of the Tour de France, Australians Ben O'Connor and Michael Storer end up empty handed as Ireland's Ben Healy takes yellow and England's Simon Yates wins the stage.