Critérium du Dauphiné (8th stage): Ben O'Connor 3' overall, stage 4
Ben O'Connor "I'm proud of this week" "Everyone's legs were heavy after the intense week we'd had. We were all burnt out....
Ben O'Connor
Questions and answers
- Your nickname : Benno
- Your favorite phrase: "Live life to its fullest extent
- Your favorite race: any race where you have fun and are successful!
- Your best memory on the bike: finishing my first Tour de France with great results
- Your worst memory on the bike: breaking my collarbone on stage 19 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia and dropping out of the top 10
- Where did you start cycling: in Perth (Australia) in 2013
- Your interests outside of cycling: wine, gastronomy, skiing and reading
- Your style of music : the Black Keys and Disclosure
- If you were a movie: a movie whose title and trailer would be exciting but which would turn out to be a flop
- If you were a dish: a bottle of wine (Charles Dufour)
- If you were a famous person: I wouldn't like to be famous!
- If you had to do another job, what would it be? Winegrower
- What is dearest to you: my fiancée (Sarah), my family and friends
- Your qualities: determined, energetic, emotional
- Your faults : impatient and emotional
Victories
2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- Winner of a stage of the Volta a Catalunya
- Winner of the Tour du Jura
2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- Tour de France stage winner
2020 (NTT Pro Cycling)
- Winner of a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
- Winner of a stage at the Giro d'Italia
2018 (Team Dimension Data)
- Winner of a stage of the Tour of the Alps / Winner of the best young rider classification
2017 (Team Dimension Data)
- Winner of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria
Career highlights
2023 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 3rd in two stages of the Tour de France / 17th overall
- 3rd overall Critérium du Dauphiné / 3rd, 4th and 5th stages
- 3rd of a stage of the Santos Tour Down Under / 6th of the general classification
- 5th of the Tour du Jura Cycling
- 7th G.P. Cycliste de Montréal
- 8th in a stage of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg / 9th overall
2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- Winner of a stage of the Volta a Catalunya
- Winner of the Tour du Jura
- 3rd in the general classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné / 3rd and 4th in stages
- 5th of the general classification of the Tour de Romandie / 4th and 6th of stages
- 6th of the Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
- 8th in the general classification of the Vuelta a España / 6th and 7th in stages
- 7th in the general classification of the Vuelta a Andalucia / 9th in a stage
2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- Winner of a stage of the Tour de France / 5th and 8th of stages / 4th of the general classification
- 2nd of a stage of the Tour de Romandie / 6th of the general classification
- 3rd and 7th stage of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var / 5th overall
- 4th and 5th stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné / 8th overall
- 4th of the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
2020 (NTT Pro Cycling)
- Winner of a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
- Winner and 2nd of stages in the Giro d'Italia
- 4th of a stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
2019 (Team Dimension Data)
- 2nd of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt-Tour of Austria / 6th of the general classification
- 5th of the Australian CLM individual championship
- 6th of a stage of the Vuelta a España
2018 (Team Dimension Data)
- Winner of a stage of the Tour of the Alps / Winner of the best young rider classification / 7th of the general classification
- 10th of the Australian CLM individual championship
- 10th of the Trofeo Matteotti
2017 (Team Dimension Data)
- Winner of a stage of the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt - Tour of Austria / 5th overall
- 8th overall in the Tour de Langkawi / 6th in a stage
2016 (Avanti IsoWhey Sport)
- Stage and overall winner of the New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 3rd of the general classification of the Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc / 3rd of a stage
- 3rd of the general classification of the Tour de Taïwan
- 3rd of the Australian Espoirs individual CLM championship
- 6th of a stage of the ZLM-Roompot Tour
- 9th in the Australian U23 road race championship
2015 (Navitas Satalyst Racing Team)
- 6th of the Oceania Espoirs CLM individual championship
