Not riding the 2024 Tour de France worked out pretty well for Ben O’Connor.
The Australian secured his first Grand Tour podium at the Vuelta a España by tenaciously hanging on to second place after 13 days in the leader’s red jersey. He closed out his final season with Decathlon–AG2R in fourth place on the UCI world rankings.
Change, however, has worked out pretty well for O’Connor in the past, with his first year of racing with AG2R delivering a Tour de France stage win and fourth overall in 2021.
Hard to beat
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