New overall leader Ireland's Ben Healy celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers. Pic: AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy. Ben Healy made history on Monday as he became the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.

Healy’s connections to Ireland are on his father’s side. Bryan Healy was born in England to parents from Waterford and Cork. They moved as economic migrants to London in the 1960s in search of work. Ben was born in 2000 and grew up in Wordsley, near Birmingham, where his racing cyclist father introduced him to the sport.