Ben Healy defends lead to retain yellow jersey at Tour de France

Healy made history on Monday as he became the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the famous yellow.

STILL IN YELLOW: Ben Healy will continue to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France after defending his lead on Wednesday. Pic: AP Photo/Thibault Camus.

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar suffered a crash on the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, moments before a protester disrupted the sprint finish where Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen claimed his first Tour stage victory.

Slovenian Pogacar went down about five kilometres from the line after touching wheels with another rider but quickly remounted and the peloton eased off to allow the overall race favourite to rejoin.