# sam-bennett - Sunday 1 May, 2022
# Sam The Man
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# Sam The Man
Bennett’s first win of the season arrived in the Eschborn-Frankfurt race.
# sam-bennett - Saturday 12 March, 2022
# Cycling
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# Cycling
Irish pair Sam Bennett and Ryan Mullen finished well out of contention.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 9 March, 2022
# As It Stands
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# As It Stands
Irish duo Ryan Mullen and Sam Bennett finished 65th and 119th respectively.
# sam-bennett - Tuesday 8 March, 2022
# Jumbo Jets
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# Jumbo Jets
Christophe Laporte holds the yellow jersey in a Jumbo 1-2-3 at the top of the general classification.
# sam-bennett - Monday 7 March, 2022
# Cycling
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# Cycling
Irish pair Sam Bennett and Ryan Mullen each finished outside the top 30 on today’s second stage.
# sam-bennett - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Not Involved
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# Not Involved
Eddie Dunbar, Rory Townsend and Ryan Mullen are all part of the Irish team for the men’s road race.
# sam-bennett - Tuesday 3 August, 2021
# The Return
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# The Return
The Irishman rejoins on a two-year deal.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Road To Tokyo
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# Road To Tokyo
Dan Martin, Nicolas Roche and Eddie Dunbar were officially announced for the road race today.
# sam-bennett - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Blow
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# Blow
The Irish rider won’t be able defend the green jersey he won last year.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Sidelined
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# Sidelined
The Carrick-on-Suir rider was due to line up in the five-day Tour of Belgium, which starts today.
# sam-bennett - Sunday 9 May, 2021
# Cycling
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# Cycling
It was a good day for the Irish rider.
# sam-bennett - Friday 7 May, 2021
# Catch Him If You Can
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# Catch Him If You Can
The Carrick-on-Suir man also came out on top in stage one.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Sam The Man
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# Sam The Man
Carrick-on-Suir man was first across the line in Portimao on Wednesday afternoon.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Close
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# Close
The Irishman was pipped to the line by Jasper Philipsen.
# sam-bennett - Sunday 28 March, 2021
# Sickener
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# Sickener
Waterford man falls ill in closing stages of Gent-Wevelgem cycling classic in Belgium.
# sam-bennett - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Gent-Wevelgem
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# Gent-Wevelgem
The 2020 Tour de France sprint king has hit a rich vein of form with five wins so far in 2021.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 24 March, 2021
# On Fire
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# On Fire
Bennett won in style.
# sam-bennett - Saturday 20 March, 2021
# Technical Fault
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# Technical Fault
The Irish cyclist had to deal with a late puncture.
# sam-bennett - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Cycling
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# Cycling
Ireland’s Sam Bennett came to a standstill on the final climb.
# sam-bennett - Thursday 11 March, 2021
# Super Sam
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# Super Sam
The closing two stages are to be changed after the reimposition of a weekend lockdown due to Covid-19.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 10 March, 2021
# French Connection
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# French Connection
The Jumbo-Visma rider takes over the yellow and green jerseys, but Bennett wears the latter again tomorrow.
# sam-bennett - Monday 8 March, 2021
# Cycling
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# Cycling
A late crash proved a disruption as Bennett crossed in fifth place.
# sam-bennett - Sunday 7 March, 2021
# Cycling
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# Cycling
It was a fourth stage win on this race for Bennett.
# sam-bennett - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# Cycling
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# Cycling
Caleb Ewan won today’s seventh stage.
# sam-bennett - Friday 26 February, 2021
# The Joy Of Six
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# The Joy Of Six
The 30-year-old is aiming for a hat-trick of victories in tomorrow’s seventh and final stage.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Sam's The Man
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# Sam's The Man
Bennett trumps Dekker and Ewan in bunch sprint on Al-Marjan Island.
# sam-bennett - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Best Of The Best
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# Best Of The Best
Ciarán Kilkenny, Gearóid Hegarty, Sanita Puspure and Colin Keane are also in the running.
# sam-bennett - Tuesday 19 January, 2021
# Thinking It Over
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# Thinking It Over
Sam Bennett says he’ll make a decision later on in 2021.
# sam-bennett - Sunday 8 November, 2020
# Cycling
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# Cycling
Dan Martin finished fourth in the overall classification, Ireland’s best result since Sean Kelly won the race in 1988.
# sam-bennett - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Stage 13
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# Stage 13
Sam Bennett finished in 103rd place and is 146th in the general classification.
# sam-bennett - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Irish Eye
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# Irish Eye
The Carrick-on-Suir rider was relegated to last after crossing line first at yesterday’s Vuelta.
# sam-bennett - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# Mixed Fortunes
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# Mixed Fortunes
The final kilometre of the 157km stage from Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo saw the Deceuninck-Quickstep rider surge to apparent victory.
# sam-bennett - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Sprint King
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# Sprint King
Bennett, who won the green points jersey at the Tour de France, pipped Jasper Philipsen in a dramatic sprint.
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 14 October, 2020
# Reign In Spain
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# Reign In Spain
‘It will be great to push my limits and see what I’m capable of.’
# sam-bennett - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# No Go
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# No Go
The 29-year-old has confirmed his absence ahead of the weekend.
# sam-bennett - Monday 21 September, 2020
# Family Pride
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# Family Pride
The Carrick-on-Suir native secured the green jersey at the final stage on Sunday.
# sam-bennett - Sunday 20 September, 2020
# Sam The Man
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# Sam The Man
‘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.
# Warrior
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# Warrior
Bennett is set to become the first Irishman in 31 years to win the prestigious green jersey when the Tour de France finishes up in Paris today.
# sam-bennett - Saturday 19 September, 2020
# Tour De France
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# Tour De France
Sam Bennett almost certain to win green jersey while Pogacar’s successful time trail today means he is now likely to secure Tour de France crown.
# sam-bennett - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Getting Closer
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# Getting Closer
Sagan made a bid for glory from 20km out but the Irishman was able to keep up during today’s 19th stage.
Variably cloudy, a brief shower or two
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Mostly cloudy, a shower in the afternoon
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Variable clouds with a stray t-shower
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