Ben Alexander O'Connor, born on 25 November 1995, is an Australian professional road cyclist with UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale. His professional career started in 2015 at Navitas-Satalyst Racing Team. In 2020 he claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia on stage 17, a day after securing a second-place finish on stage 16.
In 2021 he left Team Dimension Data to join his current team. His remarkable performance at the 2021 Tour de France included a solo win on stage nine, propelling him to second in the general classification after the stage, and ultimately finishing fourth overall.
In 2022, he secured a notable victory in the Tour du Jura and a stage win in the Volta a Catalunya. O'Connor continued to excel with notable top ten finishes in the general classification of stage races such as Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour de Romandie. Vuelta a Andalucía and the Vuelta a España. In 2023 he noted top finishes in the Critérium du Dauphiné, Tour du Jura and Tour Down Under.
The 2024 season started strongly for O'Connor, winning the Vuelta a Murcia and finishing second overall at the UAE Tour, including a stage win in stage 3.
On Tuesday, the rest day might have played a role, but when we saw Ben O'Connor coughing and gasping for breath at the finish...
Chaos reigns in the sixteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The stage was supposed to run from Livigno over the Umbrail Pass to...
For two weeks, the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team had to cling to the back of Ben O'Connor's bike, especially after he exhau...
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In a grand tour where Tadej Pogacar dominates and INEOS Grenadiers quickly emerged as challengers, there has been relatively...
This coming Saturday, Turin in Italy will host the start of another grand tour: the Giro d'Italia 2024, featuring 22 teams, 1...
Similar to UAE Emirates, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale also did not feature any surprises in its selection for the Giro d'Italia...
On Saturday afternoon, Ben O'Connor won the tough and spectacular Vuelta a Murcia. The Australian climber (Decathlon AG2R La...
Ben O'Connor can rightly be called one of the best climbers in the peloton. In 2020, he already won a stage in the Giro d'Ita...
Ben O'Connor and press conferences, it may not be an ideal combination. On Friday, he stood alongside the entire AG2R Citroën...
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