Ben Healy (cyclist)

Healy was born and raised in Wordsley, Dudley, West Midlands, in England's Black Country.^[3] Although English by birth he has Irish heritage through his paternal grandparents and as a teenager for the purposes of competitive cycling he pledged his allegiance to Ireland.^[4] His dad, Bryan, is the youngest of three siblings and the only one to be born in England after his Cork- and Waterford-born parents moved to London in the 1960s. Bryan had some racing experience and introduced his son to cycling without pressuring him to compete prematurely.^[5]

Healy took early career stage wins in both the 2019 Tour de l'Avenir^[6] and the 2012 Giro Next Gen.^[7][8]

Healy was selected to compete in the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships, although he did not finish.^[9]

He came to international prominence in 2023 after a strong spring classics season. His results included winning the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, and podium finishes in the Amstel Gold Race,^[10] between Tadej Pogačar and Tom Pidcock, and Brabantse Pijl.^[11] He finished fourth at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.^[12]

Healy made his Grand Tour debut in the 2023 Giro d'Italia and, a week later, won his first Grand Tour stage after a solo break of 50 kilometres on stage eight.^[13][14]

The following season, he competed in his first Tour de France, where he was part of the breakaway on multiple stages, finishing fifth on stage nine. He won the combativity award on stage fourteen.^[15]

Healy competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in the road race, where he placed tenth.^[16]

At the 2025 Tour de France, Healy claimed a stage win on stage six, the first of his career.^[17] Healy was part of an eight-man breakaway, and he attacked and went solo with 42.6km left. He won with 2 minutes and 44 seconds to the next rider, Quinn Simmons.^[18][19] Healy finished third on stage ten, which meant he led the general classification, making him the first Irishman to wear yellow since Stephen Roche in 1987.^[20] He became only the fourth Irishman to wear the yellow jersey following Roche.^[21][22] Healy lost the yellow jersey on stage twelve, finishing thirteen minutes behind stage winner Tadej Pogačar, and falling to eleventh in the general classification.^[23] He climbed back up to ninth position on stage fourteen.^[24] He finished ninth overall in the general classification.^[25] He won the Super Combativity award for the Tour de France.^[26]

On 28 September 2025, Healy won a bronze medal in the 2025 UCI Road World Championships road race.^[27] It was Ireland's first medal in the event since Sean Kelly won the bronze medal in 1989.^[28][29]

In 2026, Healy crashed whilst re-conning the time trial stage of Itzulia Basque Country, fracturing his sacrum. Despite the injury, he continued to race, and finished the sixth overall in the mountain classification. However, the injury led him to miss the Ardennes classics.^[30][31][32]

Healy returned at the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, after almost two months away from racing.^[33][34] He did not start stage seven due to illness.^[35]

Healy was selected for the 2026 Tour de France.^[36] He was instrumental in helping Richard Carapaz secure the polka dot jersey on stage twenty, working for his teammate to distance themselves from the peloton over the Col du Galibier.^[37][38]

Healy is known for his fashion sense.^[39] He has a dog called Olive.^[40]

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour	2023	2024	2025	2026
Giro d'Italia	55	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	27	9
Vuelta a España	—	—	—

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