August 11, 2024; Montingi-Le-Bretonnx, France; Cyclist Paris competes in the men’s Kerin Gold Medal race at Velodrome National Day St.-N-Yaylein during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Compulsory Credit: Andrew P. Scott-imagal picture Ben Heli of Ireland on Thursday extended the Tour Day France’s stage 6 through Normandy hills.
Heli completed the 201.5-cilometer trek for Veer Normandi from Bayx for two minutes and 44 seconds ahead with the US runner-up Quin Simmons.
Australia’s Michael Storrer finished third.
It was the first stage win for an Irish cyclist after Sam Bennett’s victory over Champs-Lis in 2020.
The Netherlands Matthew Van Der Poul retrieved the Yellow Jersey of the overall race leader, with three -time champions Tedes Pogkar of Slovenia in second and Remco Ansel of Belgium in the third.
In the overall standing, Heli improved at the eighth place and Matio Jorgenson remains a prominent American in the sixth place.
Stage 7 is a hill on Friday, 197 km ride from Saint-Mlo to Mur-De-Breathne Guerladon. International Cycling’s premiere 21-stage race will end in Paris on 27 July.
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