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Oscar Onley
English cyclist (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oscar Edgar Onley[3] (born 13 October 2002) is a Scottish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL.
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Early life
Onley was born in London, England but grew up in Kelso in the Scottish Borders.[4] He attended Longridge Towers School and Kelso High School.[5]
He started cycling at the age of ten and joined his local club, the Kelso Wheelers.[6] However, his preferred sport as a child was cross-country running.[7] 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.[8]
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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.[8] He then signed with Development Team DSM for the start of 2021.[9] 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.[10] Onley was supported by the Rayner Foundation in 2021 and 2022, during his time with Development Team DSM.[11]
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.[12] 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.[13] Onley abandoned the race during the following stage after sustaining a broken collarbone in a crash in wet conditions.[14]
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.[15]
Onley competed in the 2024 Tour de France, his second Grand Tour.[5] On Stage 17, he was involved in the day's breakaway and finished fifth on the stage.[16] 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.[17] Onley finished 39th overall in the General Classification and 10th in the Young Rider Classification.[18]
In September he raced in the Tour of Britain, the first stage of which started and finished in his hometown, Kelso.[19] He finished the Tour second overall and won the Youth Classification, which he had been leading since Stage Two.[20][21]
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.[22][23] 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.[24]
On 27 July 2025, Onley placed fourth in the 2025 Tour de France, finishing 12 minutes and 12 seconds[25] behind the winner Tadej Pogačar.
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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 Guangxi
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2025 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 5th Overall UAE Tour
- 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
General classification results timeline
Grand Tour record
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did not enter |
| DNF-x | Did not finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did not start (not started on stage x) |
| HD-x | Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not ranked in this classification |
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Notes
- Onley did not win any individual stages; however, he did win a team time trial stage.
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