Cyclist Ben O'Connor was painted as 'irritating', 'annoying' and unable to handle his emotions during the 2023 Tour de France. Now he's got the best chance imaginable to achieve his ultimate goal of winning a grand tour at the Vuelta a España.
He is telling viewers of Netflix 's fly-on-the-wall cycling series, Tour de France: Unchained, about his team leader, West Australian Ben O'Connor.
"Ben is the first to be disappointed when things don't go well. Ben is an emotional, appreciative kid who is anxious like all top-level athletes," he said.And yet, in Spain O'Connor has appeared to be relaxed — in as far as one can be when racing in scorching hot conditions on a route that appears to be looking to find every upward slope it can cram into each
"He's been fourth in the Tour and he's maybe having the best season of his career. He's just become a father as well, so perhaps that's a part of it, too,aside from calling the organisers dinosaurs Before this year's Giro, O'Connor wrote in a column for rouleur.cc that he was aiming for the podium.
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