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The 112th Tour de France has seen intense competition for the yellow jersey in its opening week. Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar exchanged the race lead by narrow margins, with Van der Poel taking it back by one second on stage six after Pogacar had seized it by winning the stage five time trial. Pogacar then regained the yellow jersey by winning stage seven at Mur-de-Bretagne, marking his second stage win of the Tour.
Stages eight and nine provided opportunities for the sprinters, offering a respite for the general classification contenders. However, the first week culminated dramatically on stage ten, the final stage before the Tour's first rest day. Ben Healy, part of a breakaway, managed to finish with enough advantage to take the overall race lead (yellow jersey) from Pogacar. Simon Yates won the stage victory.
Healy's performance also moved him into the lead of the best young rider classification, displacing Remco Evenepoel. Lenny Martinez, though dropped from the breakaway, accumulated sufficient King of the Mountains (KOM) points to take the lead in that classification. The standings in all classifications reflect the outcomes after the conclusion of stage ten.
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