Tour de France GC battle reignites on stage 20, for 10th place

A fight for the lower placings ends in frustration – and triumph, for Ben O'Connor and Jordan Jegat

Ben O'Connor Tour de France 2025 stage 20
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There's something about success in bike racing that's, well, rather moreish. Tadej Pogačar, with his apparently endless drive when it comes to winning the Tour de France is a great example, but it's a narrative that runs all the way through the sport from top to bottom.

Hovering somewhere not too far from that particular top is Jayco AlUla rider Ben O'Connor, who Tour viewers may have witnessed gesticulating angrily at the front of the main chase group as the race approached the end of stage 20 to Pontarlier.

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After cutting his teeth on local and national newspapers, James began at Cycling Weekly as a sub-editor in 2000 when the current office was literally all fields.

Eventually becoming chief sub-editor, in 2016 he switched to the job of full-time writer, and covers news, racing and features.

He has worked at a variety of races, from the Classics to the Giro d'Italia – and this year will be his seventh Tour de France.

A lifelong cyclist and cycling fan, James's racing days (and most of his fitness) are now behind him. But he still rides regularly, both on the road and on the gravelly stuff.

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