Ben Alexander O'Connor (born 25 November 1995) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[4] Starting from 2025, O'Connor will ride for Team Jayco–AlUla, for an initial contract of 2 seasons.[5]
.JPG) O'Connor in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ben Alexander O'Connor | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | SuperBOC[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1995 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Navitas-Satalyst Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Avanti IsoWhey Sports | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Team Dimension Data[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | AG2R Citroën Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Team Jayco–AlUla | |||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Cycling career
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In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[6] He was in 12th place on the general classification at the start of stage 19 but crashed during the stage breaking his collarbone. He then withdrew from the race.[7]
In 2019 he completed two Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.[8]
O'Connor started the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He achieved his first Grand Tour stage win on stage 17 after finishing second on stage 16 the day before.[9][7] In October 2020, O'Connor signed a contract to join the AG2R Citroën Team for the 2021 season.[10]
O'Connor won stage nine of the 2021 Tour de France after getting in the breakaway and then riding solo for the last seventeen kilometres of the mountain stage. His victory elevated him to second in the general classification at the end of the stage.[11] He finished the Tour in fourth place overall.[12]
In 2024, O’Connor won stage six of that year’s edition of the Vuelta a España after going on a solo breakaway. His victory gave him a stage win in all three grand tours, and the opportunity to wear the red jersey as he took over a four-minute lead over the rest of the peloton. He wore the red jersey until stage 19 of the race, when he lost the lead to 3-time champion Primoz Roglic, but defended his second place in the podium until the end of the competition for his best ever result in a Grand Tour.[13]
O'Connor came second in the 2024 UCI World Championship.[14]
Major results
edit- 2015
- 6th Time trial, Oceanian Under-23 Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st
Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
- 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 2017 (1 pro win)
- 5th Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2018 (1)
- 7th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 10th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2019
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2020 (2)
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges
- 2021 (1)
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 9
Combativity award Stage 9
- 4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2022 (2)
- 1st Tour du Jura
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2023
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 5th Tour du Jura
- 6th Overall Tour Down Under
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 10th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2024 (3)
- UCI Road World Championships
- 1st
Team relay - 2nd
Road race
- 1st
- 1st Vuelta a Murcia
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 6
- Held
after Stage 6–18 
Combativity award Stage 6
- 2nd Overall UAE Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Alps
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
General classification results timeline
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| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | DNF | 32 | 20 | — | — | — | 4 | |||
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | 4 | DNF | 17 | — | |||
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | 25 | — | — | 8 | — | 2 | |||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||
| Race | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
 Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | DNF | 12 | DNF | — | — | |||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 5 | |||
 Volta a Catalunya
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42 | 11 | DNF | NH | — | 6 | 14 | — | |||
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | ||||
| Tour de Romandie
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— | — | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | ||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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46 | — | — | 92 | 8 | 3 | 3 | — | |||
| Tour de Suisse
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— | 13 | — | NH | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not Held |
References
edit- ^ "Stage 4 - Vitoria-Gasteiz – Laguardia - Vuelta a España 2022". The Cycling Podcast. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "A NEW ERA: Ben O'Connor to lead Team Jayco AlUla's general classification ambitions for 2025 & beyond". Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Tears and grit: Why Ben O'Connor's Giro stage win meant so much". CyclingTips. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Ben O'Connor (2019 results)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Aussie O'Connor roars to stage win at Giro". SBS Cycling Central. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Ben O'Connor joins the AG2R CITROEN TEAM". AG2R La Mondiale. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "O'Connor jumps up to second overall with stage 9 win at the Tour de France". Cycling Tips. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "O'Connor creates history with fourth at debut Tour de France". SBS Cycling Central. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Official classifications of La Vuelta - Stage 6". www.lavuelta.es. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2024/elite-men-road-race/results/
External links
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- Ben O'Connor at ProCyclingStats
