{"id":252835,"date":"2026-07-14T00:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/initially-i-called-it-love-hate-but-i-can-walk-back-on-that-now-ben-oconnor-at-peace-with-tour-de-france-after-years-of-mixed-fortunes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:37:19","slug":"initially-i-called-it-love-hate-but-i-can-walk-back-on-that-now-ben-oconnor-at-peace-with-tour-de-france-after-years-of-mixed-fortunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/initially-i-called-it-love-hate-but-i-can-walk-back-on-that-now-ben-oconnor-at-peace-with-tour-de-france-after-years-of-mixed-fortunes\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Initially I called it love-hate but I can walk back on that now’ \u2013 Ben O’Connor at peace with Tour de France after years of mixed fortunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia’s Ben O’Connor<\/a> may be out of the GC fight already at the Tour de France<\/a> but, in his fifth appearance at cycling’s biggest race, the 30-year-old is at peace with the Grand Tour.<\/p>\n

O’Connor has enjoyed mixed fortunes in July’s gone by, being undone by crashes and bad luck in the past, but also thriving to win two special mountain stages to Tignes and Courchevel and finishing fourth overall.<\/p>\n

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