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Sam Bennett sprints to victory in Frankfurt
Bennett’s first win of the season arrived in the Eschborn-Frankfurt race.
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Bennett’s first win of the season arrived in the Eschborn-Frankfurt race.
Irish pair Sam Bennett and Ryan Mullen finished well out of contention.
Irish duo Ryan Mullen and Sam Bennett finished 65th and 119th respectively.
Christophe Laporte holds the yellow jersey in a Jumbo 1-2-3 at the top of the general classification.
Irish pair Sam Bennett and Ryan Mullen each finished outside the top 30 on today’s second stage.
Eddie Dunbar, Rory Townsend and Ryan Mullen are all part of the Irish team for the men’s road race.
The Irishman rejoins on a two-year deal.
Dan Martin, Nicolas Roche and Eddie Dunbar were officially announced for the road race today.
The Irish rider won’t be able defend the green jersey he won last year.
The Carrick-on-Suir rider was due to line up in the five-day Tour of Belgium, which starts today.
The Carrick-on-Suir man also came out on top in stage one.
Carrick-on-Suir man was first across the line in Portimao on Wednesday afternoon.
The Irishman was pipped to the line by Jasper Philipsen.
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The 2020 Tour de France sprint king has hit a rich vein of form with five wins so far in 2021.
Bennett won in style.
The Irish cyclist had to deal with a late puncture.
Ireland’s Sam Bennett came to a standstill on the final climb.
The closing two stages are to be changed after the reimposition of a weekend lockdown due to Covid-19.
The Jumbo-Visma rider takes over the yellow and green jerseys, but Bennett wears the latter again tomorrow.
A late crash proved a disruption as Bennett crossed in fifth place.
It was a fourth stage win on this race for Bennett.
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.
Ciarán Kilkenny, Gearóid Hegarty, Sanita Puspure and Colin Keane are also in the running.
Sam Bennett says he’ll make a decision later on in 2021.
Dan Martin finished fourth in the overall classification, Ireland’s best result since Sean Kelly won the race in 1988.
Sam Bennett finished in 103rd place and is 146th in the general classification.
The Carrick-on-Suir rider was relegated to last after crossing line first at yesterday’s Vuelta.
The final kilometre of the 157km stage from Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo saw the Deceuninck-Quickstep rider surge to apparent victory.
Bennett, who won the green points jersey at the Tour de France, pipped Jasper Philipsen in a dramatic sprint.
‘It will be great to push my limits and see what I’m capable of.’
The 29-year-old has confirmed his absence ahead of the weekend.
The Carrick-on-Suir native secured the green jersey at the final stage on Sunday.
‘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.
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.
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Sagan made a bid for glory from 20km out but the Irishman was able to keep up during today’s 19th stage.