Ben O'Connor (cyclist)
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| Ben O'Connor (2016) | |
| To person | |
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| Date of birth | November 25, 1995 |
| nation |
 Australia
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| discipline | Street |
| Driver type | Time trial |
| To the team | |
| Current team | NTT Pro Cycling |
| function | driver |
| Team (s) | |
| 2015 2016 2017- |
Satalyst Verve Racing Team Avanti Isowhey Sport NTT Pro Cycling |
| Last updated: October 2, 2019 | |
Ben Alexander O'Connor (born November 25, 1995 in Perth ) is an Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
O'Connor began his international career with the Australian Continental Team Navitas Satalyst . In 2016 he switched to the Avanti Isowhey Sport team and finished third in the Australian U23 time trial championships. He then won the fourth stage and the overall classification of the New Zealand Cycle Classic for his team and thus his first races on the international calendar. At the Tour de Taiwan 2016 , he was third overall.
In 2017, O'Connor switched to the UCI WorldTeam Dimension Data , for which he won a stage of the Tour of Austria in 2017 and a stage and the junior competition of the Tour of the Alps in 2018 . At the subsequent Giro d'Italia 2018 , his first Grand Tour , he retired on stage 19 after a fall that broke his collarbone in 12th place . At the Giro d'Italia 2019 he finished 32nd in the overall ranking, at the Vuelta in the same year he finished 25th at the 2019 Tour of Austria .
successes
- 2016
- Overall ranking and one stage New Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2017
- one stage tour of Austria
- 2018
- a stage and junior competition Tour of the Alps
- 2020
- a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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DNF | 32 |
 Tour de France
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- | - |
 Vuelta a España
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- | 25th |
Web links
- Ben O'Connor in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Ben O'Connor in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rider Profiles: Ben O'Connor. (No longer available online.) Cycling.org.au, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ O'Connor's dream Giro d'Italia ends with broken collarbone. In: cyclingnews.com. May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | O'Connor, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Connor, Ben Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1995 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Australia |