Ben O'Connor

"We had an excellent week in spite of everything".

"I'm a bit disappointed. It would have been a great moment for me to win the overall. We did our best and I think we had a great race: I won a stage, I did a good time trial, and today I finished third in the stage and second overall. It's still a success, but we're still short of overall victory to be fully satisfied. We can leave the United Arab Emirates happy because the team has worked very well over the last few days. In spite of everything, we've had an excellent week.

The news

Ben O'Connor on the move

By finishing second overall in the UAE Tour, Ben O'Connor achieved the best result of his career in a WorldTour stage race.

2

Key number

Two seconds separate the winner of Tour UAE Tour, Lennert Van Eetvelt, from runner-up Ben O'Connor, the smallest margin in the history of the race.