Broken collarbone stunts flying start to 2024 for Oscar Onley

WILLUNGA AUSTRALIA JANUARY 20 Oscar Onley of United Kingdom and Team dsmfirmenich PostNL celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 24th Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Stage 5 a 1293km stage from Christies Beach to Willunga Hill 372m on January 20 2024 in Willunga Hill Australia Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Oscar Onley (dsm-firmenich PostNL) wins Willunga Hill stage of 2024 Tour Down Under (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Just eight days after feeling the euphoria of taking his first professional and WorldTour level win at the Tour Down Under, Oscar Onley was in hospital with a broken collarbone following a crash at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

Onley was crowned the king of Willinga Hill on stage 6 of the Tour Down Under after conquering the famous climb ahead of Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech), but he would last little more than 70km into the 176km one-day race in Geelong with his collarbone fractured and race ended.

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.