Sam Bennett (born 16 October 1990) is an Irish professional cyclist who rides for

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. He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten

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stages: three stages in the

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, 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

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, where he also won the

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, one stage at the

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, and two stages at the

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Early life

Bennett was born in 1990 in

Wervik Wervik (; french: Wervicq, ; vls, Wervik; la, Viroviacum) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Wervik and the town of Geluwe. On January 1, 2014, Wervik had a total p ...

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, Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club Eendracht Wervik. 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 Carrick-on-Suir () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on both banks of the River Suir. The part on the north bank of the Suir lies in the civil parish of "Carrick", in the historical barony of Iffa and Offa East. The part on the s ...

, 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

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(where he was embarking on an Honours Degree in Health and Exercise Studies). In 2009, Bennett rode, for the first time, the Rás Tailteann with the Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey squad. During the 2010 season, Bennett won the under-23 road race at the Irish National Cycling Championships in Sligo, 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 Irish National Cycling Championships 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

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, 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 – stage 3 into

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and stage 8 in Skerries – and stage 5 of the

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, 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

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and stage 5 of the 1.HC ranked Bayern–Rundfahrt into

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2015 season

The 2015 season began for Bennett at the

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, where he won the final stage, finishing in the

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Corniche. Bennett won the first and third stages at the Bayern–Rundfahrt, allowing him to wear his first professional points classification jersey. Bennett was involved in a mass crash at the end of the

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. Bennett began the

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sick, having been diagnosed with a

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on his diaphragm. He completed 16 stages of the race before abandoning. He returned to racing at the Arctic Race of Norway and won stage 2 into

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; he finished 2nd in the points classification to

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. Bennett took his final win of the season at

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in a sprint finish.

2016 season

In March 2016, Bennett won the first stage of the

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in Corsica. Bennett's

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 ''

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'' – and finishing in the top 10 on the final stage in

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. After recovering from his Tour injuries, Bennett went on to take a stage win at the

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, and won the points classification. The following month, he won his second consecutive

2017 season

On 7 March 2017, Bennett won Stage 3 of the Paris–Nice. Bennett went on to win 2 stages of the

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in June, and won the points classification. At the

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, he again won two stages and the points classification jersey. In September, he won the

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries ...

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

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, despite having an illness. He also started in the Paris–Nice, but had to abandon midway through stage 3 due to sickness. At the

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

, 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 Praia a Mare, in a sprint finish. He then added further stage victories on stage 12, finishing at the

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motor racing circuit in

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, and the final stage into

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In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

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, his first time competing in the

. On 26 August, he won Stage 3. He also won Stage 14, and finished in second place on four other stages; he finished third in the

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behind overall contenders

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and

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Deceuninck–Quick-Step (2020–21)

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

2020 season

He was named in the

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to compete in the

and narrowly finished in second place in a sprint finish on stage 3. On stage 5, Bennett finished in third place and took the

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, 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

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, its seven-time winner. Bennett became the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France, after Shay Elliott, Kelly,

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and

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, 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

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of the

while wearing the

, 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 1982,

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, and 1989). He won

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of the

. 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

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. 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

and the 2020 Tour de France.

2021 season

On 21 June, it was confirmed on that Bennett would miss the

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 Shane Archbold.

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

. In August Bennett won the second and third stages of the

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 UEC Champion Jersey

Points race, UEC European Junior Track Championships : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Martin Donnelly Junior Tour ;2009 : 1st Alleins GP : 1st Stage 7 Rás Tailteann : 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

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 MaillotIrlanda

Under-23 road race ::5th Road race : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel ;2012 : 3rd

Ronde van Noord-Holland Ronde van Noord-Holland is a road bicycle race held annually in the province of North Holland (Noord-Holland) in the Netherlands. In 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...

: 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 8th

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

: 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2013 : 1st Overall Suir Valley 3 Day : Rás Tailteann ::1st Stages 3 & 8 : 1st Stage 5

: 4th

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions wh ...

: 4th

Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren The Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren was a one-day cycling race that was held annually in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2017. It was rated a category 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 7th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 10th Omloop van het Waasland ;2014 : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st

: Bayern–Rundfahrt ::1st Jersey blue

Sprints classification ::1st Stage 5 : 2nd

ProRace Berlin Velothon Berlin (officially Garmin Velothon Berlin, formerly ProRace Berlin) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May, between 2011 and 2015, in Berlin, Germany. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 race. It was part of the ...

: 5th

: 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2015 : 1st

: Bayern–Rundfahrt ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 6

: 1st Stage 2 Arctic Race of Norway : 2nd

Velothon Berlin Velothon Berlin (officially Garmin Velothon Berlin, formerly ProRace Berlin) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May, between 2011 and 2015, in Berlin, Germany. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 race. It was part of the ...

: 4th Trofeo Playa de Palma : 10th Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos ;2016 : 1st

: 1st Stage 1

: 2nd Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres : 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz : 4th Trofeo Playa de Palma : 5th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall

: 8th

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing ...

;2017 : 1st

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice : 2nd

Down Under Classic The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, A ...

: 8th

London–Surrey Classic The London–Surrey Classic (also known as the RideLondon–Surrey Classic) was an annual men's professional one-day road cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills. The first race of its kind wa ...

: 10th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

;2018 : 1st

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 7, 12 & 21 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 6 : 7th

Eschborn–Frankfurt 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 ...

;2019 : 1st MaillotIrlanda

Road race, National Road Championships : BinckBank Tour ::1st Jersey red

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 :

::1st Stages 3 & 14 ::Held Jersey green

after Stages 4–6 : Paris–Nice ::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 1st Stage 3

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

: 1st Stage 7

UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. ...

: 1st Stage 7

Vuelta a San Juan The Vuelta a San Juan is a road cycling race held in Argentina. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages. From 2017 to 2019, the race had a 2.1 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sp ...

: 2nd

: 6th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 10th

;2020 : 1st Race Torquay :

::1st

::1st Stages 10 & 21 : 1st Stage 4

: 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 3

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northw ...

: 1st Stage 4

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day ...

: 8th

;2021 : 1st

Classic Brugge–De Panne The Classic Brugge–De Panne is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men's race on Wednesday and a women's race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Pa ...

: Paris–Nice ::1st Stages 1 & 5 :

::1st Stages 4 & 6 :

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd

;2022 : 1st

::1st Stages 2 & 3 ::Held Jersey green

after Stages 2–7 : 3rd Paris–Tours : 5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 5th

: 5th

: 5th Ronde van Limburg

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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