Both Healy and Dunbar were part of a breakaway group in a 201km stage of the Tour de France. Healy and Dunbar reached the summit of the Côte de Mortain as the top two riders, a first for Irish cyclists since the 1980s. Healy launched a solo attack with 42km remaining, increasing his lead to nearly two minutes by the final 10km. He won the stage by 2'44" over Simmons and Storer, while Dunbar secured fourth place. Healy credited his hard work and preparation for the victory.
"It's unbelievable. It's what I fought for, not just this year but it's just hours and hours of hard work from loads of people and to pay them back today is really really amazing," 24-year-old Healy said of his stage victory afterwards.
"Last year was a real eye opener and made me believe I could do it, I just knuckled down and did the hard work, and maybe refined my racing style as well, with lots of race footage watched and it really paid off today."
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