Irish made Luck on Bastille Day

Tour de France 2025 – Stage Bastille Day – DS Insights

📍 Route: Ennezat → Le Mont‑Dore (165 km)

📅 Date: 14 July 2025 – Bastille Day

⛰️ Terrain: Mountainous (8 categorized climbs)

Atmosphere: France’s national day met with red‑white‑blue flares, packed crowds, and the iconic Massif Central backdrop.

🚴 DS Tactical Breakdown

GC dynamics: With João Almeida out from UAE (rib fracture), teams like Visma and Soudal–QuickStep took the initiative. Team execution: UAE concentrated on defending Pogačar; Visma played aggressively; Soudal–QS sheltered Evenepoel.

Break action: Ben Healy, Michael Woods, Lenny Martinez, and Simon Yates played their parts brilliantly in the early moves.

Final climb: Simon Yates took the summit win, while GC gaps formed in the minutes — not the seconds.

🏆 Stage & GC Highlights

Stage winner: Simon Yates (Visma | Lease a Bike) soloed to victory on the summit finish 📸  .

Yellow jersey: Ben Healy (EF Education–EasyPost) grabbed yellow, with a + 29 s lead over Pogačar  .

Pos       Rider    GC Gap

1             Ben Healy         37 h 41’ 49 ”

2             Tadej Pogačar               +29 ”

3             Remco Evenepoel       +1 ’ 29 ”

4             Jonas Vingegaard        +1 ’ 46 ”

5             Matteo Jorgenson       +2 ’ 06 ”

👕 Jersey Standings – Top 5

🟢 Green Jersey (Sprinters’ Points)

Updated standings per live results:

Pos       Rider    Points

1             Jonathan Milan             227

2             Tadej Pogačar               163

3             Biniam Girmay              151

4             Tim Merlier       150

5             Mathieu van der Poel    128    

🎽 Polka‑dot Jersey (KOM)

Classifications after Stage 10:

1             Lenny Martinez (Bahrain)      27

2             Ben Healy (EF Education)     16

3             Michael Woods (Israel–Premier Tech)           11 

⚪ White Jersey (Best Young Rider, U‑26)

By virtue of GC position, Ben Healy now holds both yellow and white:

Pos       Rider    GC Gap

1             Ben Healy         —

2             Remco Evenepoel       +1’ 29″

3 Kevin Vauquelin +2’26”

🧠 DS Final Word “Bastille Day reshuffled the deck dramatically—Healy’s masterstroke brought him yellow and white, Martinez commands the KOM, and Pogačar lurks close in green with 163 points. With the Pyrenees looming, GC threats are sharpening.” It was a great patient ride form Simon Yates to claim the stage win and an absolute display of determination by Ben Healy to become only the 4th Irishman to year the yellow jersey. He has Yellow as well as White jersey, along with a stage win on Stage 6, and in so doing has made the 2025 Tour de France a huge success for himself and his team, EF Education-EasyPost.