Overview
- Netcompany‑Ineos announced that medical investigations confirmed a significant shoulder injury for Oscar Onley and that he will not ride the Tour de France while he focuses on rehabilitation.
- Onley crashed on stage six of the Tour Auvergne‑Rhône‑Alpes, plunging over a roadside barrier, dislocating his shoulder and sustaining a knee injury before finishing that stage and then withdrawing from the race.
- The 23‑year‑old Scot said he was “gutted” to miss the Tour and that his priority is recovering his shoulder and getting back to racing later in the season.
- Onley’s withdrawal compounds a blow to Netcompany‑Ineos after Josh Tarling fractured his collarbone in the same crash, forcing the team to reshuffle its Tour selection with limited time left before the race.
- Onley was a breakout Grand Tour rider in 2025 with a fourth‑place Tour finish, and his disrupted 2026 season—hit by earlier illness and now this injury—removes a key young contender from the team’s long‑term development plans.