Ben O’Connor on Tour de France pavé: ‘I will be shitting myself tomorrow’
Australian sensation trying to avoid 'nothing crashes' that can torpedo a GC contender in the first week.
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Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar, Chris Froome, Dani Martínez, Ben O’Connor involved in late crash
Tadej Pogačar escapes the main crash but hits the barriers and suffers a double puncture.
Tour de France: Which GC riders lost time in a wet and windy opening time trial
Ben O'Connor loses almost a minute to defending champion Tadej Pogačar.
Tour de France: Ben O’Connor, Aleksandr Vlasov lead race for podium
Ineos Grenadiers and the other podium contenders know they need to race aggressively to try to create openings.
Ag2r-Citroën waiting for Bob Jungels COVID test ahead of Tour de France
Team boss confirms American rider Larry Warbasse would not be selected as a replacement following recent COVID bout.
Dan Martin’s top 10 Tour de France contenders
Former Tour de France stage winner and top-10 finisher Dan Martin picks out his favorites for the yellow jersey this July.
Critérium du Dauphiné: Jumbo-Visma powers to stage win for Vingegaard and GC victory for Roglič
Jumbo-Visma blows away the opposition as Roglič and Vingegaard make two-up time trial to Dauphiné dominance.
Ben O’Connor blown away by Jumbo-Visma pre-Tour de France powerplay at Critérium du Dauphiné
Aussie climbing ace reconfirms Tour de France credentials with resilient ride behind red-hot Jumbo-Visma on stage 7 of the Dauphiné.
Towering climbs in French Alps will decide Critérium du Dauphiné: ‘Tomorrow a new race starts’
Jumbo-Visma in pole position to carry the GC into the Alps, but Ben O'Connor promises to be aggressive.
Ben O’Connor: I didn’t have Tadej Pogačar’s trajectory but I like my progression
Australian targets Tour de Romandie podium as he continues to build an impressive body of work.
Volta a Catalunya stage 3: Ben O’Connor attacks to victory on key mountain stage to grab lead
Ag2r-Citroën climber jumps early in decisive mountain stage to fend off hard-chasing GC rivals in first win of 2022.
‘It went from calm to chaos in an instant,’ says Ben O’Connor of wind-hit Paris-Nice stage
Wout van Aert and Australians Jack Haig and Ben O’Connor emerged from the windy mayhem on the road to Orléans relatively unscathed, but GC favorites Matteo Jorgenson and Guillaume Martin weren’t as lucky.
Ruta del Sol: Miguel Ángel López and Simon Yates vie to fill Valverde void
GC field wide open against a very challenging route at the Vuelta a Andalucía.
Tour de France: What the stars said after two beyond category climbs in the Pyrénées on stage 18
Here's what Julian Alaphilippe, David Gaudu, Wilco Kelderman, and others said after stage 18 of the 2021 Tour de France.
Analysis: Here’s what a podium finish would mean for Jonas Vingegaard, Rigoberto Urán, and other GC riders
What would a prestigious Tour de France top-three mean to the diverse bunch of GC hopefuls chasing behind a peerless Tadej Pogačar?
Tour de France: Could the breakaway decide the final podium?
With Tadej Pogačar and UAE-Team Emirates taking a hands-off approach to the race and others concerned with cracking the yellow jersey, could there be a surprise podium finisher?
Analysis: Tadej Pogačar bends but doesn’t break as Tour de France GC shuffles on Mont Ventoux
Jonas Vingegaard exposes tiniest of cracks in Pogačar's armor as Tour de France GC battle takes on a new twist.
Gallery: Tour de France stage 9
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Tour de France: What the stars said after another dramatic day of racing on stage 9
Here's what Tadej Pogačar, Ben O'Connor, and Geraint Thomas said after a rain-soaked stage 9 of the Tour de France.
Unlikely young hopefuls and wily veterans lock into tight battle for Tour de France podium
Tightly coiled battle for the podium develops as rookies with nothing to lose tussle with established GC riders harboring high expectations.