Oscar Onley shows credentials by beating Tadej Pogacar's lieutenant to line
With just over two weeks until the Tour de France, Britain's 22-year-old Oscar Onley has set out his stall by winning stage five of the Tour de Suisse in a photo-finish sprint ahead of João Almeida after a brutal day in the mountains between La Punt and Santa Maria in Calanca.
It is the man from Kelso's second professional win (after he took a stage of the Tour Down Under in 2024) and the strong performance sets him in good stead before La Grande Boucle, starting on July 5, where he will be a key general classification (GC) rider for his team Picnic PostNL.
Not only did he beat Almeida, Tadej Pogacar's key UAE Team Emirates XRG lieutenant, on the queen stage of the race, he also finished ahead of seasoned Tour de France riders such as Ben O'Connor (Jayco AlUla) and Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor). The victory proved the young man's credentials as a climber as he moved up the GC to fourth place, 1min 21sec behind the race leader Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).
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