Oscar Onley

Oscar Edgar Onley (born 13 October 2002) is a Scottish cyclist who, since January 2026, has ridden for UCI WorldTeam .

Early life Onley was born in London, England but grew up in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. He attended Longridge Towers School and Kelso High School. However, his preferred sport as a child was cross-country running. He began to take cycling more seriously after turning 18 and joining the junior ranks; Onley has stated that he simply preferred the training for cycling compared to running.

Career In 2019, Onley started a two-year stint with the Van Rysel-AG2R La Mondiale development team, though his 2020 season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though he did not achieve any significant results in his initial season with the squad, his 2022 season was very strong. This included a stand-out performance at the CRO Race, where he closely competed with that year's Tour de France winner, Jonas Vingegaard, on a number of stages. He ultimately finished third overall in the General Classification and won the Young Rider Classification. Onley was supported by the Rayner Foundation in 2021 and 2022, during his time with Development Team DSM.

After spending two seasons with the development squad, he joined UCI WorldTeam in 2023, having signed a five-year contract with the team in late 2022. In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, where he was part of the winning team on the Stage One team time trial. Onley abandoned the race during the following stage after sustaining a broken collarbone in a crash in wet conditions.

The following January, Onley took his first individual professional win in an uphill finish on Stage Five of the 2024 Tour Down Under, ultimately finishing fourth overall.

Onley competed in the 2024 Tour de France, his second Grand Tour. On Stage 17, he was involved in the day's breakaway and finished fifth on the stage. He also managed to be in the breakaway on the following stage, and was part of the nine-man group that first reached the foot of the Col de la Bonette, but was unable to stay with the leading riders during the ascent. Onley finished 39th overall in the General Classification and 10th in the Young Rider Classification.

In September he raced in the Tour of Britain, the first stage of which started and finished in his hometown, Kelso. He finished the Tour second overall and won the Youth Classification, which he had been leading since Stage Two.

On 17 September 2024 it was announced that Onley would represent Great Britain in the elite men's road race at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. He finished in 16th place with a time of 6:31:22, 3 minutes and 52 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogačar, making him the highest-placed British rider.

On 27 July 2025, Onley placed fourth in the 2025 Tour de France, finishing 12 minutes and 12 seconds behind the winner Tadej Pogačar.

In December 2025, Onley signed for from the beginning of the 2026 season, after agreeing a transfer from Team Picnic–PostNL.

Major results

2019 5th Chrono des Nations Juniors 7th Overall Ain Bugey Valromey Tour 8th Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot 1st Stage 2a (TTT) 2020 1st Trophee des Grimpeurs Col de Peyra Taillade 2021 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2022 Giro della Valle d'Aosta 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 3rd Overall CRO Race 1st Young rider classification 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes 7th Overall Sazka Tour 9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 2023 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 1st Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve 2nd Overall Alpes Isère Tour 6th Overall Tour de Hongrie 10th Overall Tour de Pologne 2024 (1 pro win) 2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi 2nd Overall Tour of Britain 1st Young rider classification 3rd GP Miguel Induráin 4th Overall Tour Down Under 1st Stage 5 8th Overall Tour de Suisse 10th Overall Tour de Pologne 2025 (1) 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 5 4th Overall Tour de France 4th Overall Tour Down Under 4th Overall Tour of Britain 5th Overall UAE Tour 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2026 (1) 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 2 4th Overall Volta ao Algarve Vuelta a España Held after Stages 4–

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — — — Tour de France — 394 — Vuelta a España DNF — — Major stage race general classification results Race 2023 2024 2025 2026 Paris–Nice — — — DNF Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — Volta a Catalunya 39 — — 12 Tour of the Basque Country — 199 — Tour de Romandie 23 — 16 DNF Critérium du Dauphiné 40 — — DNF Tour de Suisse —83 —

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