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'At the end of the day, it's an entertainment sport' – Ben Healy on breaking through and breaking away

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It didn’t come about by accident, but it wasn’t entirely by design either. Ben Healy was the revelation of 2023, and the beauty of his breakthrough is that it was as much an adventure as a project. Some of it was planned, but much was ad-libbed.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.