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Sam Bennett (born 16 October 1990) is an Irish professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten Grand Tour stages: three stages in the
2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. Af ...
, two stages at the
2019 Vuelta a España The 2019 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain, Andorra and France between 24 August and 15 September 2019. The race was the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España and is the final Grand Tour of t ...
, two stages at the
2020 Tour de France The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in F ...
, where he also won the Points classification, one stage at the
2020 Vuelta a España The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of . The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 Sept ...
, and two stages at the
2022 Vuelta a España The 2022 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in the Netherlands and Spain between 19 August and 11 September 2022. It was the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tou ...
.


Early life

Bennett was born in 1990 in Wervik, Flanders, Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club
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. He moved with his parents to their native Ireland at the age of four, where he spent most of his early years growing up in Carrick-on-Suir, the hometown of fellow cyclist Sean Kelly.


Early career

Bennett was head-hunted by Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille at 17, and joined them in the south of France, after completing his first year of third-level education at Waterford Institute of Technology (where he was embarking on an Honours Degree in Health and Exercise Studies). In 2009, Bennett rode, for the first time, the
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with the Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey squad. During the 2010 season, Bennett won the under-23 road race at the
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in
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, aged 19.


An Post–Sean Kelly (2011–13)

In 2011, Bennett left France and joined Sean Kelly's squad, under the tutelage of manager Kurt Bogaerts. He again won the under-23 road race at the
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and also the Grote Prijs Stad Geel, a UCI 1.2 ranked one day race. The following year he finished tenth in the under-23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Limburg, and seventh in the under-23 road race at the UEC European Road Championships. In 2013 moved up to Professional Continental level; Bennett won two stages in the
Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ...
– stage 3 into
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and stage 8 in
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– and stage 5 of the Tour of Britain, in which he also took two second places.


NetApp–Endura (2014–19)


2014 season

Having joined in 2014, Bennett took his first professional win at the UCI 1.1 ranked Clásica de Almería and won twice in Germany: the Rund um Köln and stage 5 of the 1.HC ranked
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into Nuremberg.


2015 season

The 2015 season began for Bennett at the Tour of Qatar, where he won the final stage, finishing in the Doha Corniche. Bennett won the first and third stages at the
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, allowing him to wear his first professional points classification jersey. Bennett was involved in a mass crash at the end of the Scheldeprijs. Bennett began the Tour de France sick, having been diagnosed with a hernia on his
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. He completed 16 stages of the race before abandoning. He returned to racing at the
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and won stage 2 into Setermoen; he finished 2nd in the points classification to Alexander Kristoff. Bennett took his final win of the season at Paris–Bourges in a sprint finish.


2016 season

In March 2016, Bennett won the first stage of the Critérium International in
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. Bennett's Tour de France effort was hindered by a crash that resulted in broken fingers on his right hand, but he continued to finish the race last in the general classification – the '' lanterne rouge'' – and finishing in the top 10 on the final stage in Paris. After recovering from his Tour injuries, Bennett went on to take a stage win at the Giro di Toscana, and won the points classification. The following month, he won his second consecutive Paris–Bourges.


2017 season

On 7 March 2017, Bennett won Stage 3 of the
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. Bennett went on to win 2 stages of the Tour of Slovenia in June, and won the points classification. At the Czech Cycling Tour, he again won two stages and the points classification jersey. In September, he won the Münsterland Giro in a photo-finish. In October, Bennett won four out of the six stages of the 2017 Tour of Turkey.


2018 & 2019 seasons

Bennett started the season in the Tour Down Under, despite having an illness. He also started in the
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, but had to abandon midway through stage 3 due to sickness. At the Volta a Catalunya, Bennett finished second on stage two. On 11 May 2018, he achieved his maiden Grand Tour stage victory, winning the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia in
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, in a sprint finish. He then added further stage victories on stage 12, finishing at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari motor racing circuit in Imola, and the final stage into Rome. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España, his first time competing in the Vuelta a España. On 26 August, he won
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. He also won Stage 14, and finished in second place on four other stages; he finished third in the points classification behind overall contenders Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar.


Deceuninck–Quick-Step (2020–21)

In December 2019, Bennett signed a two-year contract with Belgian team .


2020 season

He was named in the team to compete in the Tour de France and narrowly finished in second place in a sprint finish on
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. On stage 5, Bennett finished in third place and took the green jersey, becoming the first Irish rider to lead one of the classifications in the Tour since Sean Kelly won the same jersey in
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. On stage 10, Bennett won his first stage in a sprint finish and also regained the green jersey from Peter Sagan, its seven-time winner. Bennett became the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France, after
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, Kelly, Stephen Roche, Martin Earley and Dan Martin, and the second, after Elliott, to win a stage in every Grand Tour. On 20 September, Bennett won his second stage of the Tour, becoming only the fifth cyclist to win the final stage of the Tour de France while wearing the green jersey, and the second Irish (and the second from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir) cyclist to win the Green Jersey (after Kelly, who won it 4 times, in
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, and 1989). He won Stage 4 of the Vuelta a España. On stage 9, he crossed the line first but was relegated for a 'shove' in the final kilometre, with the stage win being awarded to Germany's Pascal Ackermann. In the final stage, he again lost out to Ackermann when he was narrowly beaten into 2nd place in the sprint, thus failing by the width of a wheel-rim to achieve a win on the last-day stage of each Grand Tour, after final-day stage wins in the
2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. Af ...
and the 2020 Tour de France.


2021 season

On 21 June, it was confirmed on that Bennett would miss the Tour de France due to a knee injury.


Bora–Hansgrohe

In August 2021, Bennett was announced to be rejoining on a two-year contract, along with his teammate
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.


2022 season

On 28 June, it was confirmed that Bennett would not be part of the Bora–Hansgrohe team that would take part in the Tour de France. In August Bennett won the second and third stages of the
2022 Vuelta a España The 2022 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in the Netherlands and Spain between 19 August and 11 September 2022. It was the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final Grand Tour (cycling), grand tou ...
in two sprint finishes. He became the second Irish rider to win at least 10 stages in Grand Tours after Sean Kelly.


Career achievements


Major results

;2008 : 1st Points race, UEC European Junior Track Championships : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Martin Donnelly Junior Tour ;2009 : 1st Alleins GP : 1st Stage 7
Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ...
: 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 4 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour : 7th Grand Prix de Vougy : 8th Dijon–Auxonne–Dijon ;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st Under-23 road race ::5th Road race : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel ;2012 : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2013 : 1st Overall Suir Valley 3 Day :
Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ...
::1st Stages 3 & 8 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain : 4th Schaal Sels : 4th Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren : 7th
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: 10th
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;2014 : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st Rund um Köln :
Bayern–Rundfahrt The International Bayern Rundfahrt ( en, Tour of Bavaria) was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was orga ...
::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 5 : 2nd ProRace Berlin : 5th Scheldeprijs : 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2015 : 1st Paris–Bourges :
Bayern–Rundfahrt The International Bayern Rundfahrt ( en, Tour of Bavaria) was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was orga ...
::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 6 Tour of Qatar : 1st Stage 2
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: 2nd Velothon Berlin : 4th
Trofeo Playa de Palma The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...
: 10th Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos ;2016 : 1st Paris–Bourges : 1st Stage 1 Critérium International : 2nd Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres : 3rd
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is held annua ...
: 4th
Trofeo Playa de Palma The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...
: 5th Overall Giro di Toscana ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall Tour of Qatar : 8th Grand Prix de Fourmies ;2017 : 1st Münsterland Giro : Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5 : Tour of Slovenia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : Czech Cycling Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 3
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
: 2nd Down Under Classic : 8th London–Surrey Classic : 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton ;2018 : 1st Rund um Köln : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 7, 12 & 21 : Tour of Turkey ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 6 : 7th Eschborn–Frankfurt ;2019 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : BinckBank Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : Tour of Turkey ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 3 & 14 ::Held after Stages 4–6 :
Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné : 1st Stage 7 UAE Tour : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a San Juan : 2nd London–Surrey Classic : 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 10th Rund um Köln ;2020 : 1st
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: Tour de France ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 10 & 21 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Burgos : 8th Scheldeprijs ;2021 : 1st Classic Brugge–De Panne :
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::1st Stages 1 & 5 : UAE Tour ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : Volta ao Algarve ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd Scheldeprijs ;2022 : 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt : Vuelta a España ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ::Held after Stages 2–7 : 3rd
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: 5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 5th Münsterland Giro : 5th Rund um Köln : 5th Ronde van Limburg


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links

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