Oscar Onley
![]() Oscar Onley on stage 20 of Tour de France 2024 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Oscar Edgar Onley |
Born | Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland | 13 October 2002
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2019 | Spokes Racing |
2019–2020 | Van Rysel–AG2R La Mondiale |
Professional teams | |
2021–2022 | Development Team Sunweb[1][2] |
2023– | Team dsm–firmenich |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Oscar Edgar Onley[3] (born 13 October 2002) is a Scottish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.
Early life
[edit]Onley grew up in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. He attended Longridge Towers School and Kelso High School.[4]
Career
[edit]After spending two seasons with Development Team DSM, he joined UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL in 2023, having signed a five-year contract with the team in late 2022.[5] In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, where he was part of the winning team on the stage one team time trial.[6] The following January, Onley took his first professional win in an uphill finish on stage five of the Tour Down Under, ultimately finishing fourth overall.[7]
Onley participated in the 2024 Tour de France.[4] On Stage 18, he was involved in the day's breakaway and finished fifth on the stage.[8] He also managed to be in the breakaway on the following stage, and was part of a nine-man group who reached the foot of the Col de la Bonette, however was unable to stay with the leading riders during the ascent.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2019
- 5th Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 7th Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour
- 8th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 1st Stage 2a (TTT)
- 2020
- 1st Trophee des Grimpeurs Col de Peyra Taillade
- 2021
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2022
- Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 3rd Overall CRO Race
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 7th Overall Sazka Tour
- 9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 2023
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 1st
Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Overall Alpes Isère Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2024 (1 pro win)
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
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DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ "Development Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM". UCI. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Oscar Edgar ONLEY".
- ^ a b Ferguson, David (28 June 2024). "Oscar Onley: The cycling Scot among the Tour de France elite". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (5 December 2022). "Oscar Onley goes pro early with five-year contract at Team DSM". Cycling News. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (26 August 2023). "Vuelta a España: Team dsm-firmenich win rain-soaked stage 1 team time trial". CyclingNews. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (20 January 2024). "Tour Down Under: Oscar Onley wins on Willunga Hill". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Ozols, Kārlis (17 July 2024). "Pogačar and Evenepoel Attack | Tour de France 2024 Stage 17". Lanterne Rouge. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ MacLeary, John (19 July 2024). "Tadej Pogacar crushes rivals to all but seal Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double – reaction Updated 14 minutes ago". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Oscar Onley at UCI
- Oscar Onley at Cycling Archives
- Oscar Onley at ProCyclingStats
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