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Simone Giuliani

‘Tomorrow actually suits him better than Willunga’ - Ochre chase for Onley on final Tour Down Under stage

WILLUNGA AUSTRALIA JANUARY 20 Oscar Onley of United Kingdom and Team dsmfirmenich PostNL celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 24th Santos Tour Down Under 2024 Stage 5 a 1293km stage from Christies Beach to Willunga Hill 372m on January 20 2024 in Willunga Hill Australia Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images.

There was no doubting that Oscar Onley had every reason to firmly plant a target on the Willunga Hill stage of the Tour Down Under, not when his training times on Strava were slotting him close to the all-time top ten.

Race day, of course, turned it up several notches, and Onley now holds the second fastest time on the climb behind Richie Porte. But there was of course a far bigger prize to claim on Saturday, his first ever professional win, and a WorldTour level one at that, on the most iconic stage of the South Australian race.

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