 Oscar Onley in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oscar Edgar Onley |
| Born | (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 22) Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Picnic PostNL |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2019 | Spokes Racing |
| 2019–2020 | Van Rysel–AG2R La Mondiale |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021–2022 | Development Team Sunweb |
| 2023– | Team dsm–firmenich |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Oscar Edgar Onley (born 13 October 2002) is a Scottish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL.
Early life
Onley grew up in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. He attended Longridge Towers School and Kelso High School.
He started cycling at the age of ten and joined his local club, the Kelso Wheelers. However, his preferred sport as a child was cross-country running. He began to take cycling more seriously after turning 18 and joining the junior ranks; Onley has stated that he simply preferred the training for cycling compared to running.
Career
In 2019, Onley started a two-year stint with the Van Rysel-AG2R La Mondiale development team, though his 2020 season was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. He then signed with Development Team DSM for the start of 2021. Though he did not achieve any significant results in his initial season with the squad, his 2022 season was very strong. This included a stand-out performance at the CRO Race, where he closely competed with that year's Tour de France winner, Jonas Vingegaard, on a number of stages. He ultimately finished third overall in the General Classification and won the Young Rider Classification. Onley was supported by the Rayner Foundation in 2021 and 2022, during his time with Development Team DSM.
After spending two seasons with the development squad, he joined UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL in 2023, having signed a five-year contract with the team in late 2022. In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, where he was part of the winning team on the Stage One team time trial. Onley abandoned the race during the following stage after sustaining a broken collarbone in a crash in wet conditions.
The following January, Onley took his first individual professional win in an uphill finish on Stage Five of the 2024 Tour Down Under, ultimately finishing fourth overall.
Onley competed in the 2024 Tour de France, his second Grand Tour. On Stage 17, he was involved in the day's breakaway and finished fifth on the stage. He also managed to be in the breakaway on the following stage, and was part of the nine-man group that first reached the foot of the Col de la Bonette, but was unable to stay with the leading riders during the ascent. Onley finished 39th overall in the General Classification and 10th in the Young Rider Classification.
In September he raced in the Tour of Britain, the first stage of which started and finished in his hometown, Kelso. He finished the Tour second overall and won the Youth Classification, which he had been leading since Stage Two.
On 17 September 2024 it was announced that Onley would represent Great Britain in the elite men's road race at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. He finished in 16th place with a time of 6:31:22, 3 minutes and 52 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogačar, making him the highest-placed British rider.
Major results
- 2019
- 5th Chrono des Nations Juniors
- 7th Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour
- 8th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 1st Stage 2a (TTT)
- 2020
- 1st Trophee des Grimpeurs Col de Peyra Taillade
- 2021
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2022
- Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 3rd Overall CRO Race
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 7th Overall Sazka Tour
- 9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 2023
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 1st Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Overall Alpes Isère Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2024 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 39 |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — |
References
- "Development Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- "DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM". UCI. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- "Oscar Edgar ONLEY".
- ^ Ferguson, David (28 June 2024). "Oscar Onley: The cycling Scot among the Tour de France elite". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- "Oscar Onley signs for Team Sunweb". British Cycling. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- "Oscar Onley". Team dsm-firmenich PostNL. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ Jary, Rachel. "A 'tiny' kid from the Scottish Borders taking on the world: The making of Oscar Onley". Rouleur. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- Hood, Ed (6 December 2020). "Oscar Onley – Looking Forward to 2021 with Sunweb's u23 Team". VeloVeritas. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- Becket, Adam (5 December 2022). "Introducing Oscar Onley, the 19-year-old who almost beat Jonas Vingegaard twice". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- Ryan, Joscelin (31 December 2022). "Return on Investment…". Rayner Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- Fletcher, Patrick (5 December 2022). "Oscar Onley goes pro early with five-year contract at Team DSM". Cycling News. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- Lamoureux, Lyne (26 August 2023). "Vuelta a España: Team dsm-firmenich win rain-soaked stage 1 team time trial". CyclingNews. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- Giuliani, Simone; Ostanek, Dani; Tyson, Jackie (28 August 2023). "Vuelta a España abandons – The full list of riders who have left the race". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- Lamoureux, Lyne (20 January 2024). "Tour Down Under: Oscar Onley wins on Willunga Hill". CyclingNews. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- Ozols, Kārlis (17 July 2024). "Pogačar and Evenepoel Attack | Tour de France 2024 Stage 17". Lanterne Rouge. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- MacLeary, John (19 July 2024). "Tadej Pogacar crushes rivals to all but seal Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double – reaction Updated 14 minutes ago". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- Egelstaff, Susan (3 September 2024). "Oscar Onley: A successful Tour de France gives me huge belief for the Tour of Britain". The Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- Farrand, Stephen (3 September 2024). "Tour of Britain: Paul Magnier unmatched in reduced bunch sprint to win stage 1". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- Stuart, Peter (4 September 2024). "Tour of Britain: Stevie Williams holds off Julian Alaphilippe for stage 2 victory". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- Moultrie, James (8 September 2024). "Tour of Britain: Stevie Williams wins overall as Matevž Govekar takes final bunch sprint". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- "16 Olympic and Paralympic medallists to represent Great Britain at 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships". British Cycling. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- Rindl, Joe (17 September 2024). "Pidcock and Henderson to lead GB at World Championships". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing / UCI. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
External links
- Oscar Onley at UCI
- Oscar Onley at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Oscar Onley at ProCyclingStats