Sam Bennett narrowly beaten to victory in sprint finish at Scheldeprijs
The Irishman was pipped to the line by Jasper Philipsen.
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The Irishman was pipped to the line by Jasper Philipsen.
Michael Schaer was disqualified on Sunday for throwing away a water bottle.
The 2020 Tour de France sprint king has hit a rich vein of form with five wins so far in 2021.
The route stretches through Kildare, Meath, Westmeath and Longford.
Roche finished 16th on Monday’s opening stage before his withdrawal.
Irish Paralympic hopeful Martin Gordon has come a long way over the past few years – and is determined to reach the pinnacle.
The Irish cyclist had to deal with a late puncture.
The Slovenian finished 1:03 ahead of Belgian Wout van Aert in the GC, with Mikel Landa third.
Dr Freeman was found to have made the order of Testogel ‘knowing or believing’ it was for doping purposes.
Ireland’s Sam Bennett finishes second in points classification after his two stage wins.
Richard Freeman had admitted 18 of 22 charges against him relating to the ordering of a package of Testogel.
Ireland’s Sam Bennett came to a standstill on the final climb.
Freeman was found to have ordered testosterone “knowing or believing it was to be administered to an athlete to improve their athletic performance”.
The closing two stages are to be changed after the reimposition of a weekend lockdown due to Covid-19.
A late crash proved a disruption as Bennett crossed in fifth place.
It was a fourth stage win on this race for Bennett.
He crossed the line five seconds ahead of France’s world road champion Julian Alaphilippe, with Colombian Egan Bernal third.
Caleb Ewan won today’s seventh stage.
The 30-year-old is aiming for a hat-trick of victories in tomorrow’s seventh and final stage.
Bennett trumps Dekker and Ewan in bunch sprint on Al-Marjan Island.
Almost two years after it started, the fitness-to-practice hearing has finally reached the summing up stage.
Sam Bennett says he’ll make a decision later on in 2021.
The serial number is reported to Gardaí for only one in 16 stolen bikes, writes Dublin Cycling Campaign’s David Timoney.
A surge in cycling happened during the pandemic but new infrastructure was not evenly spread and may not be here to stay.
Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen said he was grateful to be alive after the finish line crash.
Dan Martin finished fourth in the overall classification, Ireland’s best result since Sean Kelly won the race in 1988.
Defending champion Primoz Roglic extended his overall lead, while Sam Bennett finished 100th today.
The Slovenian’s third win in this year’s race earned him a 10 seconds bonus.
The final kilometre of the 157km stage from Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo saw the Deceuninck-Quickstep rider surge to apparent victory.
Geoghegan Hart joins Wiggins, Froome, Thomas and Yates on the list of British Grand Tour winners.
Roglic retains a five-second lead over Ireland’s Dan Martin.
Bennett, who won the green points jersey at the Tour de France, pipped Jasper Philipsen in a dramatic sprint.
‘This one’s for the wife,’ he said after moving to within five seconds of race leader Primoz Roglic.
Marc Soler took the stage victory.
Martin finished just a second behind stage winner Primoz Roglic and is seven seconds back in the general standings.
‘It will be great to push my limits and see what I’m capable of.’
Two riders from two other teams, including Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, have also tested positive.
The Limerick teenager claimed Ireland’s first-ever Downhill world title in Salzburg today.
‘All the years trying to come up, trying to make it… It took me so long to get here,’ said Sam Bennett, now a winner of the Tour the France green jersey.
The Carrick-on-Suir native won the final stage in spectacular fashion, and has won outright Ireland’s first green jersey at the Tour since Sean Kelly in 1989.