When Ben O’Connor launched his attack on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España, he may have already committed to a new team but there was still plenty at stake as he trusted his instinct rather than the shouts from over the radio warning that this move was folly rather than inspired racing.
The Australian was about to leave Decathlon AG2R for Jayco-AlUla on good terms. He didn’t want to change that as he charged off in an ambitious break on his last race with the French squad but nor did he want to stop utilising a characteristic at the core of so much of his success.
