Ben O’Connor lines up for 'another crack' at Tour de France after success of 2024

MADRID SPAIN SEPTEMBER 08 Ben OConnor of Australia and Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale celebrates at podium as second place winner during the La Vuelta 79th Tour of Spain 2024 Stage 21 a 246km individual time trial stage from Madrid to Madrid UCIWT on September 08 2024 in Madrid Spain Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Ben O'Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) after taking second overall at La Vuelta a España (Image credit: Getty Images)

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.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.