“This year we’ve got the got the truck that is Harry Sweeney,” he said, referring to his Australian teammate who—along with Neilson Powless and Alex Baudin—also made the breakaway and who drove the pace to build its lead.

Ireland has a new cycling hero. Ben Healy has become the fourth Irish rider to earn the Tour de France’s yellow jersey on Monday with a gritty ride in the fabled race’s first mountainous stage.

The 11th stage was a short 156.8-kilometre course that started and finished in Toulouse, which was full of incidents.