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Healy, the EF Education-EasyPost rider, opted to attack with 42km to go and didn’t flag during a gruelling finish. Advertisement HE DID IT 💥 Ben Healy takes his first stage win in Vire Normandie Ben Healy remporte sa première victoire d'étape sur le Tour 🇮🇪#TDF2025 l @Continental_fr pic.twitter.com/3QAWuPwRHI— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 10, 2025 His performance also saw him awarded the most combative rider of the day for what was his first Tour de France stage win, having previously won a stage at the 2023 Giro d’Italia. Healy is the first Irish rider to win a Tour de France stage since Sam Bennett in 2020. More to follow… Written by David Sneyd and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here. 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