Simon Yates Wins Stage 10 of the 2025 Tour de France

“I didn’t even feel that good,” Yates confessed after crossing the line alone in Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy. “It was a really hard start to be there. That’s why I took advantage into the final corners at the bottom of the last descent. I was looking for a bit of a head start—and I just did my best from there.”

Yates’s last win at the Tour came in 2019, and even he hadn’t expected this one. “It’s been a long time,” he said. “But actually I wasn’t expecting any opportunities here. We came here fully focused on Jonas [Vingegaard] and the GC. Yeah, and the stage played out in a way that I could be there for the stage, and I took it with both hands.”

Despite coming into the Tour fatigued from his Giro d’Italia win in May, the Briton is clearly growing into form. “It’s not easy, I’m still a bit tired from there but I’m getting better every day,” he admitted. “I was a bit rusty at the start but I’ve been growing into the race.”

Healy sacrifices the stage, earns the maillot jaune

While Yates took the glory on the line, Ben Healy delivered one of the grittiest performances of the Tour so far—riding selflessly, relentlessly, and ultimately into yellow.

Healy had been one of the most aggressive riders all day, first making the huge 20-man break and then relentlessly forcing the pace, aware of the yellow jersey potential. As the stage wound toward its final climbs, he led a dangerous move alongside Ben O’Connor and Joe Blackmore, with several others, including Yates, bridging across.

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When Yates made his winning move with 3km to go, it was straight out of Healy’s wheel. The Irishman didn’t give chase—instead, he stayed focused on the bigger prize.

At the finish, Healy and his EF Education-EasyPost teammates anxiously watched the clock. Their gamble had paid off. Tadej Pogačar rolled across the line 29 seconds too late.

Healy had done it—he’d leapt ten spots on GC to take the yellow jersey by the slimmest of margins.

Pogačar under siege, Vingegaard silent

Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates-XRG was under attack all day from Visma-Lease a Bike, with Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson repeatedly trying to isolate the Slovenian. By the second-last climb, they’d succeeded: Pogačar was on his own.

And yet, the anticipated knockout blow from Jonas Vingegaard never came. As Healy counted down seconds, Pogačar unleashed a final attack—but only Vingegaard could follow. The Dane refused to counter, sitting glued to the Slovenian’s wheel to the finish.

Healy’s yellow came not from a single knockout punch but from an accumulation of effort—a full day of pushing, chasing, and sacrificing.