{"id":48612,"date":"2025-01-01T03:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T03:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2024\/?page_id=48612"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:57:16","slug":"ben-connor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/ben-connor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben O&#8217;Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"48612\" class=\"elementor elementor-48612\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9748c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"a9748c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c40bde sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"5c40bde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8d2c72 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8d2c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-52021\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New.jpg 672w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-370x564.jpg 370w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-410x625.jpg 410w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-328x500.jpg 328w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-263x400.jpg 263w, https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OConnor-New-21x32.jpg 21w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4713a4 sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"f4713a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2412096 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2412096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Ben O\u2019Connor<\/h3><h4>Climber<\/h4><p><strong>Date of Birth: Nov 25, 1995<\/strong><br \/><strong>Nationality: Australian<\/strong><br \/><strong>Place of Birth: Subiaco, Australia<\/strong><br \/><strong>Turned Pro: 2017<\/strong><br \/><strong>Joined Team: 2025 <\/strong><\/p><p>Ben is the team\u2019s key leader over stage races and one-day races. The highlight of his first season in the Team Jayco AlUla jersey was undoubtedly the great victory in the 18th and Queen stage of the Tour de France. The Australian has a very impressive palmares that includes victories in all three Grand Tours and fourth place overall at the Tour de France. Also worth mentioning is his second place overall at La Vuelta Espa\u00f1a, his fourth overall at the Giro d\u2019Italia and the silver medal at the World Championships in the road race, all achieved in 2024.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Top results:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>1st Stage win Tour de France (2021, 2025)\u2028<br \/>1st Stage win Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a (2024)\u2028<br \/>1st Stage win Giro d\u2019Italia (2020)<br \/>1st Tour du Jura Cycliste (2022)<br \/>1st Stage win Volta a Catalunya (2022)<br \/>1st Stage win UAE Tour (2024)<br \/>1st Vuelta Ciclista a la Regi\u00f3n de Murcia (2024)<br \/>1st Stage win Tour of the Alps (2018)<br \/>2nd stage Paris-Nice (2025)<br \/>2nd Overall Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a (2024)<br \/>2nd World Championships Road Race (2024)<br \/>2nd Overall UAE Tour (2024)<br \/>2x 3rd Overall Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 (2023, 2022)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ben O\u2019Connor Climber Date of Birth: Nov 25, 1995Nationality: AustralianPlace of Birth: Subiaco, AustraliaTurned Pro: 2017Joined Team: 2025 Ben is the team\u2019s key leader over stage races and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48612"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52032,"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48612\/revisions\/52032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}