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Simon Yates Wins Tour de France’s First Mountain Stage as Healy Claims Yellow Jersey

Riders enter their first rest day with Ben Healy in yellow following Yates’s victory on the Puy de Sancy ascent

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 9 - Chinon to Chateauroux - Chinon, France - July 13, 2025 Soudal Quick-Step's Tim Merlier celebrates winning stage 9 REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 9 - Chinon to Chateauroux - Chinon, France - July 13, 2025 UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tim Wellens wearing the polka-dot jersey in action in the peloton during stage 9 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Overview

  • Simon Yates broke clear on the final climb of Stage 10’s 165.3 km Massif Central route and soloed to his third career Tour stage win
  • Healy’s third-place finish not only earned him the yellow jersey but also secured the white jersey for best young rider
  • The Bastille Day course featured eight categorized climbs and concluded with an 8 percent gradient ascent into Le Mont-Dore
  • UAE Team Emirates has been hampered in the mountains since Joao Almeida withdrew with a fractured rib earlier in the race
  • After Tuesday’s rest day, the Tour resumes with a flat stage into Toulouse before the peloton heads into the Pyrenees