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Sam Bennett trails Mads Pedersen by five points after stage eight

Pedersen overtakes Bennett in race for green jersey

Mads Pedersen overtook Sam Bennett at the top of the points classification on Saturday as Jay Vine claimed stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 27 Aug 22

Sam Bennett celebrates on the podium wearing the overall points leader's green jersey

Sam Bennett extends lead in battle for green jersey

Sam Bennett stretched his lead in the points classification on Friday after Jesus Herrada of Cofidis sprinted to victory to take stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana, a 190km ride from Camargo to Cistierna.

Cycling • 26 Aug 22

Sam Bennett celebrates his win on stage three in the Netherlands

Brilliant Bennett bags second consecutive Vuelta stage

Sam Bennett flashed home to claim a second successive stage win in the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday.

Cycling • 21 Aug 22

Sam Bennett crossing the line in Utrecht

Bennett surges to brilliant Vuelta stage victory

Sam Bennett took victory on the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana in a massive sprint finish in Utrecht ahead of Mads Pedersen and Tim Merlier.

Cycling • 21 Aug 22

Bennett optimistic after claiming fifth in road race

Sam Bennett just missed out on the medal places after earning a fifth-place finish in the men's road race at the European Championships in Munich.

Cycling • 14 Aug 22

Bennett missed out on competing in the Tour de France

Bennett to lead Team Ireland into European Championship

Team Ireland has confirmed their riders for the upcoming European Cycling Championships, which will be held in Munich between 11-21 of August.

Cycling • 21 Jul 22

Sam Bennett won the points classification in the Tour de France in 2020

Bennett misses out on place at Tour de France

Sam Bennett will be a notable Irish absentee from the Tour de France after failing to make Bora-Hansgrohe's eight-man team for cycling's most prestigious race.

Cycling • 27 Jun 22

Sam Bennett celebrates as he crosses the line first in Frankfurt

Sam Bennett secures first victory in almost a year

Sam Bennett ended his near year-long wait for a win with a thrilling victory at the Eschborn Frankfurt Classic in Germany this afternoon.

Cycling • 01 May 22

Mads Pedersen celebrates at the finish line.

Mads Pedersen takes stage 3 victory at Paris-Nice

Denmark's Mads Pedersen [Trek-Segafredo] earned victory on stage three of Paris-Nice on Tuesday.

Cycling • 08 Mar 22

Sam Bennett is still on the comeback trail

Bennett pulls out of Road World Championships

Sam Bennett has withdrawn from the men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, Belgium.

Cycling • 21 Sep 21

Bennett back in action for Deceuninck-QuickStep

Ireland's Sam Bennett is back in action for Deceuninck-QuickStep today for the first time since being subjected to an extraordinary attack from team boss Patrick Lefevere.

Cycling • 17 Sep 21

Sam Bennett returns from injury to lead the Irish team

Bennett leads Irish team in European Championships

Sam Bennett will lead 22 riders to represent Ireland at the UEC European Road Championships in Trento on Wednesday.

Cycling • 07 Sep 21

Former Tour de France green jersey winner Bennett is currently injured

Sam Bennett signs for Bora-hansgrohe on two-year term

Sam Bennett has returned to the Bora-hansgrohe for the 2022 season, going back to the team he previously spent six years with.

Cycling • 03 Aug 21

Sam Bennett has come in for fierce criticism from Patrick Lefevere

Quick-Step boss makes extraordinary attack on Bennett

Deceuninck - Quick-Step team manager Patrick Lefevere has launched an extraordinary attack on Sam Bennett, claiming that the Irish cyclist 'lacks balls' and threatened to half his salary until his contract expires.

Cycling • 28 Jun 21

Sam Bennett has been ruled out of the 2021 Tour de France

Sam Bennett ruled out of Tour de France with injury

Sam Bennett will not be able to defend his Green Jersey at this year's Tour de France after being forced to withdraw through injury.

Cycling • 21 Jun 21

Deceuninck-Quick-Step recently confirmed that the 30-year-old will be the designated sprint leader for the Tour de France

Bennett's Tour de France build-up hampered by injury

A knee injury has forced Sam Bennett out of the Baloise Belgium Tour with the Tour de France looming on the horizon later this month.

Cycling • 09 Jun 21

Sam Bennett after winning the Green Points Jersey

Sam Bennett claims Volta ao Algarve green jersey

Sam Bennett secured the green jersey at the Volta ao Algarve on Sunday having won two of the five stages at the event.

Cycling • 09 May 21

Sam Bennett punches the air after triumphing in Tavira

Bennett claims a second stage at Volta ao Algarve

Ireland's Sam Bennett outsprinted his Volta ao Algarve rivals to claim the third stage of the race from Faro to Tavira.

Cycling • 07 May 21

An excited Ethan Hayter pedals for the finish line in Foia

Hayter leads Volta ao Algarve after stage win

Ethan Hayter won stage two of the Volta ao Algarve to move into the overall race lead.

Cycling • 06 May 21

Bennett makes perfect start with stage win in Portugal

Sam Bennett capped a perfectly executed team performance with victory on the first stage of the Volta ao Algarve on Wednesday.

Cycling • 05 May 21

Mark Cavendish celebrates stage victory at the finish line

Third successive stage win for in-form Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish made it three stage wins in a row as his outstanding week at the Tour of Turkey continued on Wednesday.

Cycling • 14 Apr 21

Jasper Philipsen, right, edges out Sam Bennett in the sprint finish

Bennett squeezed out in sprint finish at Scheldeprijs

Sam Bennett was denied a sixth win of the season as Jasper Philipsen edged out the Irish cyclist in a sprint finish to win Scheldeprijs 2021.

Cycling • 07 Apr 21

Van Aert victorious as Bennett fades after huge effort

Sam Bennett faded late after a huge physical effort at the Gent-Wevelgem Classic in Belgium on Sunday as Wout van Aert took victory with a perfectly timed ride.

Cycling • 28 Mar 21

Bennett sprints to victory in Belgium

Irish rider Sam Bennett won the sprint finish to claim victory in the Classic Brugge-De Panne.

Cycling • 24 Mar 21

Stuyven pips pre-race favourites to win Milan-San Remo

Belgian Jasper Stuyven won the Milan-Sanremo one-day race, the first 'Monument' classic of the season, with a late, unexpected attack at the bottom of the final hill on Saturday.

Cycling • 20 Mar 21