Ben O'Connor (cyclist)

Ben Alexander O'Connor (born 25 November 1995) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Cycling career
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia. He was in 12th place on the general classification at the start of stage 19 but crashed during the stage breaking his collarbone. He then withdrew from the race. In 2019 he completed two Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. O'Connor started the 2020 Giro d'Italia. He achieved his first Grand Tour stage win on stage 17 after finishing second on stage 16 the day before.

In October 2020, O'Connor signed a contract to join the for the 2021 season.

O'Connor won stage nine of the 2021 Tour de France after getting in the breakaway and then riding solo for the last seventeen kilometres of the mountain stage. His victory elevated him to second in the general classification at the end of the stage. He finished the Tour in fourth place overall.

Major results

 * 2015
 * 6th Time trial, Oceanian Under-23 Road Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan


 * 2017 (1 pro win)
 * 5th Overall Tour of Austria
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 8th Overall Tour de Langkawi


 * 2018 (1)
 * 7th Overall Tour of the Alps
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 10th Trofeo Matteotti


 * 2019
 * 6th Overall Tour of Austria


 * 2020 (2)
 * 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges


 * 2021 (1)
 * 4th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 9
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 9
 * 4th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
 * 5th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
 * 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné


 * 2022 (2)
 * 1st Tour du Jura
 * 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 6th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 2023
 * 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 5th Tour du Jura
 * 6th Overall Tour Down Under
 * 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
 * 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 10th Tre Valli Varesine


 * 2024 (2)
 * 1st Vuelta a Murcia
 * 2nd Overall UAE Tour
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 2nd Overall Tour of the Alps
 * 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico