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Dani Ostanek

'It doesn't get much bigger than this' – Young Briton Oscar Onley battles with Pogačar, Vingegaard, Van der Poel at the Tour de France

Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez of UAE Team Emirates, Dutch Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgian Remco Evenepoel of Soudal Quick-Step and British Edgar Oscar Onley of Team Picnic PostNL pictured in action during the second stage of the 2025 Tour de France cycling race, from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer (212 km), on Sunday 06 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, and will finish in Paris on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO POOL BERNARD PAPON (Photo by POOL BERNARD PAPON / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP).

At this year's Tour de France, only eight riders of the 184 rolling out to start the race in Lille were younger than Picnic PostNL's British racer Oscar Onley, but few of the other Tour youngsters can boast a start as impressive as the 22-year-old, who hails from Kelso in Scotland.

Racing his second Tour following a strong debut which saw him make four breakaways last July, Onley has already bettered his top finish from last year's race, where he took fifth on the mountainous stage 17 to Superdévoluy.

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