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.

Ireland's Ben Healy soloed to victory on stage six of the Tour de France as Mathieu van der Poel took the yellow jersey back from Tadej Pogacar by a single second.Healy went alone from an eight-strong breakaway group with 42km left of the deceptively difficult 201.

It is sometimes taken as a given that a lack of success has inhibited the nation's enthusiasm for its home race. Not a bit of it