IT was only after he had pushed the reigning Tour de France champion all the way for the second time in a few days that Oscar Onley properly appreciated that this was no ordinary season.
If there was disappointment at being narrowly beaten twice into second place in the Croatian hills by Jonas Vingegaard then it was dwarfed by the Kelso rider’s general classification third-place finish and a wider realisation of what might be possible for him in cycling.
