Simon Yates wins the 165.3km stage ten of the Tour de France, from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy. The British rider from Team Visma has the green light from the team to attack, and he seizes the opportunity to the fullest.

The stage featured a breakaway of fifteen riders who took a lead of approximately 6 minutes over the yellow jersey group.  

Among the attackers , Simon Yates, Thymen Arensman, Michael Storer, Ben O'Connor, and Ben Healy remain in the lead. The latter, 3:55 behind Tadej Pogačar, is aiming to wear the yellow jersey at the finish and is leading the pack.  

In the yellow jersey group, Visma attempted an attack with 20 km to go, first with Kuss and then with Jorgenson , but Pogacar put his men in front and brought the group back together.  

At the front, with 3.5 km to go, Simon Yates attacks and tries to win the stage, followed by O'Connor and Arensman, while Ben Healy loses contact slightly. Visma doubles its lead, as Jorgenson attempts a new acceleration in the yellow jersey group, quickly followed by Pogacar; among the general classification riders, Vaquelin loses contact, while Vingegaard, Onley, and the Red Bull duo Bora Roglic and Lipowitz remain among the leaders.  

With 2.2km to go, Simon Yates attacked again and remained alone in the lead; Arensman remained about five seconds behind, while O'Connor was caught by Healy.  

Simon Yates manages his lead and goes on to win the stage ahead of Arensman and Healy who takes the yellow jersey.  

Evenepoel accelerates in the leading group, but is quickly caught. Then Pogacar takes off, with only Vingegaard remaining in his wake. The two cross the finish line side by side, while the small group of other top riders finishes almost on the wheels of the two big favorites and is overtaken by Lipowitz .

ORDER OF ARRIVAL:  

1 Yates Simon Team Visma | Lease a Bike

2 Arensman Thymen   INEOS Grenadiers 0:09

3 Healy Ben   EF Education - EasyPost 0:31

4 O'Connor Ben   Team Jayco AlUla 0:49

5 Storer Michael   Tudor Pro Cycling Team 1:23

6 Blackmore Joseph   Israel - Premier Tech 3:57

7 Johannessen Anders Halland   One-X Mobility 4:38

8 Martinez Lenny   Bahrain - Victorious 4:51

9 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG ,,

10 Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike ,,

11 Lipowitz Florian Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 4:54

12 Jorgenson Matteo Team Visma | Lease a Bike ,,

13 Evenepoel Remco Soudal Quick-Step 4:57

14 Onley Oscar Team Picnic PostNL,,

15 Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility ,,

GENERAL RANKING:  

1 Healy Ben EF Education - EasyPost

2 Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0:29

3 Evenepoel Remco Soudal Quick-Step 1:29

4 Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1:46

5 Jorgenson Matteo Team Visma | Lease a Bike 2:06

6 Vauquelin Kévin Arkéa - B&B Hotels 2:26

7 Onley Oscar Team Picnic PostNL 3:24

8 Lipowitz Florian Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:34

9 Roglič Primož Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 3:41

10 Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 5:03

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency