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Tour de France stage ten reports

We posted the race organizer's report with the results.

Here's the report from stage winner Simon Yates' Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Simon Yates has claimed victory in the tenth stage of the Tour de France. The 32-year-old Brit left his fellow escapees behind on the final climb and soloed to his third career stage win in the Tour.

Simon Yates wins stage ten.

“It feels great to win another stage in the Tour after six years”, Yates reacted afterward. “I didn’t feel amazing today, but I decided to take a chance in the finale. I tried to surprise the others by attacking at the foot of the last climb, and luckily I managed to hold on until the line. This victory means a lot to me. I feel like my form is improving as the race goes on, so I’m looking forward to the next two weeks.” 

On Bastille Day, the riders faced a tough mountain stage. The 165-kilometre route, finishing atop Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, featured eight categorised climbs. Yates was part of a large breakaway from the start, which also included an impressive Victor Campenaerts. 

After a gruelling battle of attrition, five riders remained at the front, including Thymen Arensman and Ben Healy. On the final climb, Yates launched his decisive move. Arensman tried to follow but couldn’t close the gap to the Brit. Having already won the Giro d’Italia earlier this season, Yates added a third career Tour stage victory. It marked the 22nd win of the season for Team Visma | Lease a Bike. 

Meanwhile, the favourites’ group also saw intense action. Team Visma | Lease a Bike looked strong throughout, with Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson both launching several attacks, though they didn’t lead to any gaps. In the closing kilometres, Jonas Vingegaard responded powerfully to an attack by Tadej Pogačar, and the two crossed the line together. In the general classification, Healy took over the yellow jersey from Pogačar. Vingegaard and Jorgenson remain in fourth and fifth place. 

The Danish team leader looked back on the day with satisfaction. “I’m really happy for Simon that he could take the win today. We definitely wanted someone in the break, and we succeeded with both Simon and Victor – they were both really strong. It’s great that Simon was able to finish it off. Personally, I’m pleased with how I felt today. The team delivered another outstanding performance, which was rewarded with a well-earned stage victory. We can look back on a very successful day.”

Here's the report from new GC leader Ben Healy's Team EF Education-EasyPost:

Ben Healy raced into yellow with a massive raid across the Massif Central to finish third on stage 10 of the 2025 Tour de France.

The Irishman hung tough in the breakaway, eventually pulling away to the finish atop Le Mont-Dore alone, where he watched the clock, awaiting confirmation of a childhood dream.

Ben Healy now has the Maillot Jaune.

"I think that's it," Ben said when the clock ticked over, ultimately securing his place as the Tour de France leader by 29 seconds. A huge smile spread across his face.

"That was such a tough stage," Ben said. "I’m pretty emotionless right now just because I’m so tired but it’s really beyond belief. If someone had told me I’d be in yellow and have won a stage by the first rest day as well, I’d have said, ‘I don’t believe you.’"

Ben’s achievement is his teammates’ too. Ben couldn’t have done this without their help. Harry, Alex, and Neilson attacked with Ben right after the flag dropped on the road out of Ennezat and came over the first climb of the day, the Côte de Loubeyrat, together in the break. With seven categorized climbs still ahead of them on the relentless 165.3-km route heading towards Le Mont-Dore, they marked moves and kept the pace high to establish a solid advantage over the peloton. And then Harry drove it, riding beyond himself, until the Col de Guéry, where Alex took over. Alex pushed the pace until he had nothing left in his legs, dropping off with 26 kilometers to go. And then it was up to Ben.

"If it wasn’t for those guys, I wouldn’t be in yellow today. I’ve got to say a massive, massive thank you to those guys. Harry Sweeny, absolute truck. Alex Baudin just really finished it off so without these guys, they could have fought for the stage themselves on another day so just a massive thanks to them," Ben said.

After his stage 6 win, Ben knew he had the legs to pull off another strong result. He bided his time, marking attack after attack from his rivals and pushing hard to gain time in the GC battle.

Congratulations, Ben! And congratulations to everyone in the EF Pro Cycling organization. We’re in the maillot jaune tonight!

Ben Healy
"Right now, I’m suffering so much from that last 40 kilometers that I think that when I go to bed tonight it will all just sink in. I will be sleeping in this yellow jersey, that is for sure. It is an exciting thing to bring home.

"We were up in the break, and Tom was just like, "Harry, come on now. You start keeping the group going." I don't think we ever fully went for it until then, and then, it was like, damn, we can do this.

"I thought it was going to be the normal, massive fight for the break, because so many people were interested. I thought it was going to be a hard day to even play for the stage. That was the mindset that I was going into the stage with. But then UAE just did something they've never done before, which is crazy. It was great for us. They were just like, "Anyone who wants to be in the break, you’re fine, go." That meant that we had four guys in the break, which was just incredible.

"It wasn't working well, but with that many guys, when even just a few people are rolling through, you really start to build time. When it came to crunch time, we had three of the strongest riders in the break. Honestly, Harry and Alex were just incredible today. I wouldn't be in this jersey if it wasn't for them.

"It gives me goosebumps to have a team that believes in me so much, and some guys that I can be really, really cool friends with as well is just — it is a really incredible feeling and I am so happy and proud that I was able to pay them back again today with a yellow jersey."

Harry Sweeny:
"I felt good in the beginning and just rode hard on the first climb. I knew that there were some bodies being left behind there. I looked back a few times and saw the gaps happening. It wasn't really working that well, which I was getting super annoyed by.

"So, it was actually good when the group split up from the attack from Quinn Simmons. After that it was it pretty much just ride as hard as you could until UAE exploded. They exploded and the gap just blew out. After that it was just up to Ben.

"Riding up the final climb, I heard he was in yellow. I was nearly crying. I had goosebumps the whole way up. I can't believe it. I spoke to Ben and he can't believe it either. I have no words.

"He's such a good guy and he really appreciates the work we do for him. To top it off like this, what more can you ask for?"

Alex Baudin:
"It was like Pro Cycling Manager today — four guys in the break, burying ourselves together to get a big gap and hold onto the jersey.

"We were just trying to use our cards well and gain time. Harry did a super job. He really, really made me suffer when he was riding on the flattish part. And then I started to pull on the climbs and did the maximum to get the gap as high as we could. Ben finished the job. It is crazy.

"It was probably halfway when we started to think about yellow. We had about three minutes, because we went super hard on the climb. I think we gained a lot of time there. Then, Harry really put the pace on. It was really crazy. He made everyone suffer. We went really hard and gained those three minutes, and then we just kept pushing to the line.

"It’s amazing to ride for Ben. When you know that you can have the yellow jersey in the team, it makes you go even harder, especially on days like today with all of the public. It was an amazing day."

Sports director, Andreas Klier:
"I already lost my voice. The last two kilometers were quite loud inside our car. Man, we are happy. We didn’t expect that. We wanted to face the battle for a stage win, another one, and we’re going to do so further down the road again but nobody in the morning said, “Let’s go for yellow and white.” Nobody.

"The team has been very good since 10 days already. We didn’t have the possibility to always show it. Today there was the possibility and they showed how good they are. Great team spirit. Yellow, how cool is that?"

Here's the Tour stage ten report from second-place Thymen Arensman's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Thymen Arensman stormed to second place on the first mountain day on the 10th stage of the Tour de France.

A ride worthy of Bastille Day, Arensman fought in the break all day before storming up the final climb to take second, nine seconds behind winner Simon Yates (Team Visma Lease A Bike).

Thymen Arensman on the day's final climb. Sirotti photo

With 137km remaining, Arensman bridged over to the break, having tackled the first of the eight categorised climbs on the stage.

On the Cote de Charade, Arensman hit the front to up the pace in a bid to force a selection from the 29-man group. As the pace continued to increase, with Ben Healy (EF Education - EasyPost) launching a stinging attack with 45km to go in a bid to claim the yellow jersey, the front group was whittled down to five riders.

Yates was the first to launch an attack up the final climb of the day, with Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco Alula) following. Arensman reacted, pushing hard to overtake O’Connor and taking it all the way to the line to secure second place. Third place for Healy was enough to see him move into the yellow jersey.

Carlos Rodriguez finished with the peloton to move up three places on the GC into 12th.

Here's the Tour report from fifth-place Michael Storer's Tudor Pro Cycling Team:

Australian rider Michael Storer delivered a strong performance on Stage 10 of the race, finishing fifth on the first true mountain stage featuring 4,450 meters of climbing over 165 kilometers between Ennezat and Mont -Dore Puy de Sancy.

After two stages for the sprinters, serious business began today for the climbers and contenders for the general classification.

The action began early with a breakaway forming just 15 kilometers into the stage. The 29-man group included notable names such as Julian Alaphilippe and Storer himself. The large group reduced in the numerous climbs. With 31 kilometers remaining, Ben Healy launched a decisive attack, reducing the front to a select group of six, including Storer, Giro d’Italia winner Simon Yates, and Healy, who drove the pace in his pursuit of the yellow jersey.

Michael Storer earlier this year winning stage two of the 2025 Tour of the Alps.

The final showdown came on the steep slopes of the last climb to Puy de Sancy. Yates launched a powerful attack with 3 kilometers to go, fracturing the lead group. Despite digging deep, Storer was unable to match the final accelerations and crossed the line in a hard-fought fifth place.

Michael: “EF Education-EasyPost were the main players today as they wanted to take the yellow jersey. I focused on staying with Healy which is already difficult in itself. I was happy to make it to the last climb with such a strong group. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the legs for more. It has been a good first 10 days for me but I really look forward to the rest day tomorrow.”

Here's the Tour de France stage ten report from sixth-place Joe Blackmore's Team Isreal-Premier Tech:

Joe Blackmore’s first encounter with the Tour de France came when he was just five months old, attending the stage on Alpe d’Huez as a fan in 2003.

On Monday, just 10 days into his debut participation in the world’s biggest race, Blackmore climbed to sixth on Le Mont-Dore having spent all day in the breakaway in this year’s opening mountain stage.

“It was a pretty cool day – but one of the hardest of my career,” he says. “But the last 15km of it were on my own, and I was just suffering. I knew what place I was going for and, yeah, I’m pretty happy to achieve it.”

Joe Blackmore on Mont-Dore and headed for the finish. Sirotti photo

The 22-year-old was one of three IPT riders to make it into the 30-rider breakaway group on Bastille Day, alongside Michael Woods and Alexey Lutsenko.

Blackmore followed the moves when Victor Campenaerts (TVL), Quinn Simmons (LTK), and Ben Healy (EFE) attacked on the Col de la Croix Morand with around 40 kilometers remaining, but he eventually lost contact on an uncategorized climb heading south towards the finish at Puy de Sancy.

He crossed the line 3:57 behind Giro d’Italia winner Simon Yates. Nonetheless, the result stands as even greater proof of his talent.

“I just kept on fighting,” he ends, in his modest style.

And here's the Tour stage ten report from Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

A stage through the rugged terrain of the Massif Central brought down the curtain over the fist half of the Tour de France, and Soudal Quick-Step was again prominent as the race unfolded at a fast pace over the many classified climbs of the day, which made for an elevation of more than 4400 meters.

The lively start meant the breakaway took some time to form, only in the valley between the first two ascents a group putting some daylight into the peloton. A total of 28 riders made it there, including Valentin Paret-Peintre and Ilan Van Wilder, who helped the move take advantage to a solid six minutes – the biggest gap seen since the start of the Tour. Midway through the stage, the Belgian lost contact with the group, leaving his teammate to show the colors of Soudal Quick-Step at the front of the race.

Paret-Peintre, a stage winner and runner-up at the Tour of Oman in the beginning of the season, remained up the road until the final 20 kilometers, when the combination of hard gradients, heat and energy he spent up the road led to the depleted bunch reeling him in.

“It was nice to be in the breakaway, especially as in the first part my brother was also there. I did my best, but lacked a bit to fight for victory. It was a special feeling to be at the front on Quatorze Juillet and made this first part of my maiden Tour more beautiful”, Valentin said at the finish.

Remco Evenepoel on Mont-Dore and on his way to the finish. Sirotti photo

Behind the breakaway, from where Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) attacked to take the win, Remco Evenepoel put in a probing acceleration on the steep Col Le-Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy just ahead of the closing kilometers before coming home with a small group and cementing his place on the general classification podium ahead of the first rest day thanks to this strong ride.

And here's the Tour de France stage ten report from Team Groupama-FDJ:

Although the major climbs won’t occur until later in the week, the peloton still suffered a lot on Monday, during stage 10 of the Tour de France, which took place on the very hilly terrain of the Massif Central. After nearly 4,500 metres of climbing, Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet crossed the finish line in 25th place, about seven minutes behind winner Simon Yates, who came from a breakaway that Quentin Pacher followed for a long time.

The Groupama-FDJ leader gained two places in the overall standings on July 14th, and will enjoy, like all riders, a much-anticipated rest day tomorrow, after ten consecutive days of racing.

The day's early break

While waiting for the high mountains, a first very big test was on the menu this Monday on the roads of the Tour. From Ennezat to Mont-Dore, 165 kilometres without respite were to be covered through the hills of the Massif Central, with eight classified climbs, including seven of 2nd-category. In total, this tenth stage tallied more than 4300 metres of elevation gain, and it all got serious from the first five kilometres with the Loubeyrat hill. “The goal was to take the breakaway because we knew it had a chance today, but looking at the route, we also knew there would be some big guns in there, and that was the case,” said Stéphane Goubert.

After ten kilometres, a first group broke away, including Quentin Pacher, then a handful of riders managed to bridge across to form a twenty-nine-man breakaway, including Simon Yates, Ben O’Connor, Ben Healy, Thymen Arensman, Michael Storer, Lenny Martinez, and many others. “The start of the stage was hard, and then it didn’t ease off in the breakaway,” explained Quentin. “It was an incredibly demanding day, extremely fast. We took a lead of five minutes, but they didn’t give it to us, we had to go and get it!”

The pace increased so much during a series of three climbs about 100 kilometres from the finish that the breakaway exploded. Less than twenty riders remained at the front, including the rider of the Groupama-FDJ cycling team. The French puncher even managed to follow until the 50-km mark, before cracking at the summit of the Col de Guéry. “Quentin fought well,” Stéphane said. “He managed to get into the breakaway, which already shows he’s got the legs! Then, he did what he could against the top riders who were in front. When he was distanced, there weren’t many guys left, and not many of them were dropped after him. When you look at the stage rankings, there’s nothing to be ashamed of.” “I found myself with an empty tank at one point, and I reached my limit in terms of climbing”, he said. “It’s one of the most demanding Tours de France I’ve ridden, and it’s not about to stop.” Eight riders from the break finally reached the finish line ahead of the peloton, including the day’s winner Simon Yates, also winner of the last Giro, and Ben Healy, the new yellow jersey rider.

Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet was forced to let go the group of favorites when the fight began on the Col de la Croix Robert, with about twelve kilometres to go. He then reached the finish in 25th position, about seven minutes behind the winner and two minutes behind Tadej Pogacar. “It was a very tiring day, as expected, and I really didn’t have good legs; I really suffered all day,” said the Frenchman. “I fought as much as I could, and you have to go through stages like that in the Tour”. “We have to remember that he crashed not so long ago,” Stéphane recalled. “Today, we switched from big to small gears, and it’s always a tricky transition, especially when you’ve crashed. He made it through that stage, and he’s going to get better and better. He had the support of the whole team, whether it was Cyril who went to get bottles in the tricky moments, Clément, who had climbing legs today, and then of course Val and Romain who were there in the end. This allowed him to fight hard until the end. It’s important that he felt that the team was around him. It’s a good sign for the Pyrenees and the Alps, because the Tour is only just beginning for the climbers.”This is how the very rich first part of the Tour came to an end on Monday, after ten stages. The peloton will finally be able to enjoy a rest day tomorrow, before hitting the road around Toulouse again on Wednesday.

“Paul and Romain were up there on their terrain at the start of the Tour, and Guillaume will be up there on his terrain too,” concluded Stéphane. “There will also be stages where we can be aggressive, and it will be up to us to seize these opportunities. With the guys we have, and the shape they are in, we keep on going with the stage win goal we set for ourselves at the start.”

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