The 23-year-old Scottish runner, revelation of the 2025 Grande Boucle, comes to strengthen the Ineos Grenadiers team.
New challenge. The Scotsman Oscar Onley, 4th in the last Tour de France under the colors of Picnic PostNL, has signed up with the Ineos Grenadiers team from the 2026 season, the two teams announced on Tuesday.
Aged 23, turned professional in 2019, Onley has two victories to his credit (a stage of the Tour Down Under in 2024, a stage of the Tour de Suisse this year) but has above all revealed himself as a general classification rider. In addition to his 4th place this summer in Paris, he also finished this season in 3rd place in the Tour de Suisse and in 4th place in the Tour of Great Britain.
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“Oscar’s performance in 2025 has been truly incredible. I raced my first Tour de France when I was 21, so seeing what he achieved this year in the Tour at 22 was really impressive.declared in a press release Geraint Thomas, newly retired from the peloton who became sports director of the Ineos Grenadiers team.
The 2018 Tour winner adds that Onley fits perfectly with the renewed ambitions of the Ineos team. Dominant for a long time, the ex-Sky team has given way to the armadas set up by UAE around Tadej Pogacar and by Visma-Lease a bike around Jonas Vingegaard.
Teammate of Kévin Vauquelin
“I grew up watching Geraint, Dave (Brailsford, the Ineos boss) and the team dominate our sport and put cycling on the map in the UK, so I am particularly proud to join Grenadiers on a long-term contract, which also means riding for a British team when the Tour de France starts from Scotland in 2027”declared the young runner for his part.
The arrival of Onley, after the recruitment of Frenchman Kévin Vauquelin, 7th in the last Tour de France, is part of the desire to relaunch the team. “The strongest teams I’ve raced with had multiple, talented overall riders, and I think we have that again: very strong options at any stage of the race. Oscar perfectly complements our squad”said Geraint Thomas.
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