Tour de France under way on home soil for first time in five years
The 2025 edition of the Tour de France cycle race begins in the city of Lille with Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard set to renew their rivalry.
FMM – F24 Video Clips
Ben Healy picked his spot perfectly Thursday, July 10, at the 2025 Tour de France, breaking away from the peloton and the rest of the competition during Stage 6 of cycling’s preeminent event. The English-born rider representing Ireland raced on his own for more than 26 miles for the first Tour de France stage win of his career.
The drama also included another change in the race for the yellow jersey. Mathieu van der Peul emerged with a one second lead over three-time Tour de France champion and 2025 favorite Tadej Pogačar, who made a late push to eliminate a sizable chunk of van der Peul’s advantage at the end of Stage 6. Van der Peul previously had the yellow jersey as recently as Wednesday and entered Thursday’s race in sixth place ‒ 1 minute, 28 seconds behind Pogačar ‒ in the overall Tour de France standings following Wednesday’s individual time trial.
Tim Wellens of Belgium also took back the polka dot jersey from Pogačar as the top climber at this year’s Tour de France following Stage 6, which took place on a 201.5-kilometer course from Bayeux to Vire-Normandie that proved to be the toughest climbing stage yet. American Quinn Simmons finished in second place in Thursday’s race, but crossed the line 2 minutes, 44 seconds behind Healy.
Here’s a look at the complete stage 6 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Thursday, July 10, as well as what’s coming up for cycling’s biggest race:
Stage 6 results
Final results of the 174.2-kilometer Stage 4 from Bayeux to Vire-Normandie at the 2025 Tour de France on Thursday, July 10.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | Gap | B |
| 1 | Ben Healy | EF Education-Easypost | 04h 24′ 10” | – | B : 10” |
| 2 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 04h 26′ 54” | 00h 02′ 44” | B : 6” |
| 3 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 04h 27′ 01” | 00h 02′ 51” | B : 4” |
| 4 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco Alula | 04h 27′ 31” | 00h 03′ 21” | – |
| 5 | Simon Yates | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 04h 27′ 34” | 00h 03′ 24” | – |
| 6 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 03h 50′ 29” | 00h 03′ 29” | – |
| 7 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 04h 28′ 02” | 00h 03′ 52” | – |
| 8 | Mathieu van der Peul | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 04h 28′ 08” | 00h 03′ 58” | – |
| 9 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 04h 29′ 37” | 00h 05′ 27” | – |
| 10 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 04h 29′ 37” | 00h 05′ 27” | – |
Tour de France 2025 standings
- Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands: 21h 52′ 34”
- Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 21h 52′ 35” (1 second behind)
- Remco Evenepoel, Belgium: 21h 53′ 17” (43 seconds)
- Kevin Vauquelin, France: 21h 53′ 34” (1 minute)
- Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 21h 53′ 48” (1 minute, 14 seconds behind)
- Matteo Jorgenson, USA: 21h 53′ 57” (1 minute, 23 seconds)
- Joao Almeida, Portugal: 21h 54′ 33” (1 minute, 59 seconds)
- Ben Healy, Ireland: 21h 54′ 35 (2 minute, 1 second)
- Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 21h 55′ 06” (2 minutes, 32 seconds)
- Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 21h 55′ 10” (2 minutes, 36 seconds)
2025 Tour de France jersey leaders
Yellow (overall race leader): Mathieu Van der Poel, Netherlands
Green (points): Jonathan Milan, Italy
Polka dot (mountains): Tim Wellens, Belgium
White (young rider): Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Who’s wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France?
In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It’s white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) – and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia.
2025 Tour de France next stage
Stage 7 is a 197-kilometer course on hilly terrain from Saint-Malo to Mur-de-Bretagne on Friday, July 11.
Contributing: Steve Gardner, USA TODAY Sports
