Oscar Onley loses in a sprint for stage 2 win but is "happy with how he raced", creating all the decisive moves
Cycling
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL is having one of its better periods of the season with their youngsters Max Poole and Oscar Onley finally back on the track for the last push in this season. Poole finished on a Vuelta stage podium three times and his colleague Onley was no further from winning a Tour of Britain stage today.
The hilly course on the coast side near Middlesbrough favoured attackers and the 21-year-old Scot was up for the job. Onley provoked the decisive attack at 50 kilometers to go, which bridged towards the breakaway. There he was assisted by teammate Oliver Peace before launching another attack at 10 km mark.
Only Julian Alaphilippe and Stephen Williams were able to follow the dsm-firmenich PostNL rider. But Onley would have preferred to arrive solo. In the sprint, he didn't show the sharpest elbows and got himself a bit boxed in, crossing the line in third place. In general classification, this moves him to second overall (as Alaphilippe lost time the previous day).
"The boys did a really good job again today, Oli covered the first moves when the race opened up and was really useful when I bridged across with a few others. I wanted to try and make the group as small as possible to make things tactically easier and managed to get away with two others before the finish. I got myself boxed in the sprint which was annoying but I’m happy with how I raced," Onley looked back at the stage.
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- "25-34 are only 13% of USA Cyclings membership" Wow. I own a bike shop, and that number comports both with what I see in the business as well as on the road and trails, but it's somehow hugely demoralizing to see it quantified. Thirteen percent?verve82519-12-2024
- What super dutch talent are we talking about?awp18-12-2024
- Yes, 25-34 are only 13% of USA Cyclings membership.awp18-12-2024
- I will take the old days when you could track your teams across 8 years. Can't imagine a new fan finding it easy.Sweep18-12-2024
- Pick better parents and/or better doping agents.
ChoppyWarburton18-12-2024 - The bike industry situation is the same as the future Dutch talent pool discussion , it’s a fakely perceived problem due to an exceptional period that’s come to an end.Mistermaumau18-12-2024
- It's all a part of the fun. Sometimes it takes a few races before you can tell who's who and what's going on.
santiagobenites18-12-2024 - Every year cycling teams force their fans to memorize the jersey colors of all the teams so you can tell which team is doing what in a race. Not like normal sports where the jersey's and numbers mostly stay the same year after year.Sweep18-12-2024
- Genetics? No, mostly PEDS. Armstrong proved that.Sweep18-12-2024
- Sadly the number of dorks is decreasing every year. In the US the vast majority are over 40 years. E-bikes are crushing the road bike market.Sweep18-12-2024