It may have been Filippo Ganna who delivered an actual win for the team, but perhaps the real success for Ineos Grenadiers at the Volta ao Algarve came in the form of two quietly positive showings for their new GC riders, Oscar Onley and Kévin Vauquelin.
Onley and Vauquelin, both new signings for 2026, made their debuts for Ineos in Portugal last week, the start of a campaign which will see them both focusing on the Tour de France as the British team look to return to the podium of the race they once dominated.
The lack of a win for the team’s climbers – only the final surge cost him on stage 5 – didn’t seem to deter Onley, though he did admit there are things he needs to work on going forward, perhaps most importantly the time trial.
“Maybe we don’t have the strongest guy outright, but together with our strengths, we can make things happen,” he said to media at the race…
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