Ben O'Connor returns to the Volta a Catalunya looking to regain momentum following a troubled performance at Paris-Nice. After an encouraging start in the team time trial, O'Connor's general classification ambitions unraveled due to unforeseen circumstances, resulting in a disappointing overall finish. His emotional response reflected the weight of missed opportunities. With the upcoming mountain stages in Catalunya aligning better with his strengths, O'Connor expresses optimism about improving his form and recalls past successes in the race, hoping to move beyond his recent struggles and errors.
After a Paris-Nice where Ben O'Connor's and Jayco-AIUI's promising early performance spiralled into a much more disappointing finale, the Australian is back at the Volta a Catalunya, a race where he's taken some top results in the past and where he's determined to set things back on the right track once again.
O'Connor's frustration and anger at how badly things had gone was visible, and very audible on a Youtube video of him storming onto the Jayco-AIUIa bus after one Paris-Nice stage defeat, a cry of 'fuck' ringing through the air as he did so.
I'm feeling good, I feel like hopefully there can be a bit of progress since Paris-Nice, this is a race I've always enjoyed and it's probably the first true mountain stage race that you do.
My goals are just to be good again, I had a bit of a rough Paris-Nice. I made a couple of mistakes, I was pretty sick after Valencia like a lot of the boys in general in the peloton and I was a bit far from where I should be.
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