The Athletic spent stage six of this year's race with the EF Education-Easypost team — this is how they fuelled Ben Healy's solo win

Healy has always shown his Tour promise. In 2020, he won the last stage of the Ronde de l’Isard in France, considered one of the top under-23 races in the world, the same day as Bennett won the last stage of the Tour de France. In 2019, Healy was also the youngest ever winner of a stage of the Tour de l’Avenir.

Tadej Pogacar outsprinted rival Jonas Vingegaard to win stage seven of the Tour de France in Mur-de-Bretagne and reclaim the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel.

If you were to take that perspective, Ben Healy’s stage six victory at the Tour de France is a great example of why he is the consummate cyclist of Gen Z. From his predilection for a long solo breakaway to his obsession with aerodynamics,

Many riders had identified stage 6 of the Tour de France 2025 as a first proper opportunity for long-range attackers - and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) pro