The Tour de France could hardly have got off to a better start for Oscar Onley’s DSM-firmenich-PostNL squad, with a stage 1 victory and overall lead for their veteran leader Romain Bardet. But even while Bardet is riding his last-ever Tour, Onley is currently embarked on his first, and after a relatively quiet first week, he’s itching to raise the bar a little for himself in weeks two and three.
At 47th overall, Onley confirmed to Cyclingnews at the start of stage 10 that Bardet’s victory and spell in yellow had reverberated deeply in the team, as well as personally and further afield.
