Tour de France, Ireland and Ben Healy
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From riding a unicycle on a farm to winning almost all of professional cycling's major races, this is how a generational talent was nurtured
Ben Healy surged out on his own to win Stage 6 at the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Peul also took back the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar.
1. Simon Yates, Great Britain, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:20:05. 2. Thymen Arensman, Netherlands, INEOS Grenadiers, 4:20:14. 3. Ben Healy, Ireland, EF Education-EasyPost, 4:20:36. 4. Ben O’Connor, Australia, Team Jayco-AlUla, 4:20:54.
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TheJournal.ie on MSNHow Ben Healy - grandson of Irish immigrants - made sporting history at the Tour de FranceIN JUNE 2020 in the south Limerick hillside village of Knockaderry, a slight framed English accented Irish man smashed a field of the country’s best home and international cyclists to take the national title.