Irish rider Ben Healy won the hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France after a long solo breakaway while Mathieu van der Poel took back the yellow jersey by one second.

The biggest race of the year has started: the Tour de France. On Saturday, July 5, the peloton started from Lille, with the race set to conclude three weeks later with the (not so) traditional finish in the French capital,

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.

Tour de France fans have blasted spectators who appeared to stand on graves to catch a glimpse of riders at the race.