Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

happytramp · 06-10-2016 4:41pm

pelevin wrote: »

Big result for Sam, winning Paris-Bourges! CyclingQuotes.com have a decent write up.

That's two years in a row... Impressive.

gordongekko · 06-10-2016 7:54pm

He'd be a great signing for the new Irish team

harringtonp · 06-10-2016 8:30pm

Can't see him departing his current setup. He'll still get plenty of opportunity to go for it in sprints

RobFowl · 06-10-2016 8:40pm

gordongekko wrote: »

He'd be a great signing for the new Irish team

He's too big a star for them at this time. Has his train and in a good set up where he is

Pudsy33 · 06-10-2016 8:42pm

RobFowl wrote: »

He's too big a star for them at this time. Has his train and in a good set up where he is

Sagan coming next year might inconvenience him, but if Bora get a world tour licence there should be enough races to get around.

Darkglasses · 06-10-2016 8:55pm

gordongekko wrote: »

He'd be a great signing for the new Irish team

He'd be great for the team but I think Bennett should have loftier ambitions to be honest.

pelevin · 31-12-2016 11:53am

Good piece with him on CyclingTips with Shane Stokes:
https://cyclingtips.com/2016/12/syncing-with-sagan-sam-bennett-looks-ahead-to-2017/

Glad he'll be doing the Giro.

pelevin · 26-01-2017 10:16am

Nice easing of any early season pressure for Sam & his team with a win for him today in Australia:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-towards-zero-race-melbourne-2017/elite-men/results/

TheBlaaMan · 21-02-2017 10:09pm

Lol

Get the t-shirt.

https://velocast.cc/sam-bennett-lanterne-rouge

RobFowl · 21-02-2017 10:45pm

Sam riding KBK then Paris Nice.
I hope to see at least one win

TheBlaaMan · 06-06-2017 8:18pm

Looks like Sam is doing well for himself, has he just got a Lamborghini Aventador?

https://twitter.com/Sammmy_Be/status/872142507706109956

https://twitter.com/ButlerP73/status/872141525161046019

Beasty · 06-06-2017 8:55pm

He named it after me.....

robyntmorton · 06-06-2017 9:17pm

Ah here, that's obscene. I mean, where's the bike rack :pac:

Beasty · 06-06-2017 9:19pm

robyntmorton wrote: »

Ah here, that's obscene. I mean, where's the bike rack :pac:

You mean that thing on the back is not a specially designed Saris variant?

dastardly00 · 15-06-2017 4:21pm

Sam has won Stage 1 of the Tour de SlovÃ©nie (2.1).
He beat Colbrelli, Mezgec, Ferrari and some old bloke called Cavendish.
Highlights on Eurosport2 at 11.30pm tonight.

"I must admit that today I didnâ€™t expect stage victory. I'm still feeling tired from Giro and I'm surprised over this amazing result. After the crash in that last corner positions changed somewhat and I saw my opportunity for a victory and I took it. Thanks to my team I did it!"

Sam gets to wear the green leader's jersey during Stage 2, which is also expected to finish in a bunch sprint.

18-06-2017 2:07pm

Another win for sam in Slovenia great few days for him and the team love how his lead out men always celebrate as he cross the line

connachta · 18-06-2017 3:42pm

too bad he misses tour de france, hope he'll made la vuelta de espana

dastardly00 · 18-06-2017 4:55pm

connachta wrote: »

too bad he misses tour de france, hope he'll made la vuelta de espana

Yeah hopefully he'll make the Vuelta squad, although looking at the stage profiles, only about 4 will end in a big bunch sprint. So there won't be many opportunities for Sam.

Esroh · 18-06-2017 6:25pm

Sam is doing some job for the Country's Ranking re a bigger Worlds Team. Higher than usual at this stage thanks to his results.

Esroh · 18-06-2017 7:15pm

Sam is doing some job for the Country's Ranking re a bigger Worlds Team. Higher than usual at this stage thanks to his results.

godtabh · 18-06-2017 8:21pm

connachta wrote: »

too bad he misses tour de france, hope he'll made la vuelta de espana

I think he said after the Giro that he wasnt doing the Tour to be ready for Spain. Can't find the interview now.

Given his results how would he rank between him, dan and Nico?

Would it be Dan, Sam, Nico based on results?

Inquitus · 18-06-2017 8:26pm

2017 UCI Ranking Points

Dan Martin - 2542
Sam Bennett - 546
Nico Roche - 511

Lusk_Doyle · 18-06-2017 9:13pm

Sh1t camera work right at the end of the race. Disgraceful. What's the Slovenian equivalent of the Indo so I can write a letter of dismay.

RobFowl · 18-06-2017 9:41pm

Inquitus wrote: »

2017 UCI Ranking Points

Dan Martin - 2542
Sam Bennett - 546
Nico Roche - 511

Not updated with latest results yet, should be tomorrow though

godtabh · 18-06-2017 9:41pm

Inquitus wrote: »

2017 UCI Ranking Points

Dan Martin - 2542
Sam Bennett - 546
Nico Roche - 511

Is that this year or career?

RobFowl · 18-06-2017 9:57pm

godtabh wrote: »

Is that this year or career?

Calendar year

Eamonnator · 18-06-2017 10:01pm

http://www.uci.ch/road/ranking/

U.C.I. Road rankings

18-06-2017 11:40pm

Highlights of today's stage on Eurosport 1 now. 40km to go.

pelevin · 19-06-2017 10:48am

Eamonnator wrote: »

http://www.uci.ch/road/ranking/

U.C.I. Road rankings

Interesting reading the Individual rankings. Didn't expect to see Dan so high up. To pick one other, surprising to see Diego Ulissi 15th - 2 ahead of Kwiatkowski.

dastardly00 · 19-06-2017 11:15am

pelevin wrote: »

Interesting reading the Individual rankings. Didn't expect to see Dan so high up. To pick one other, surprising to see Diego Ulissi 15th - 2 ahead of Kwiatkowski.

Ulissi is ranked so high because he picked up a bucket load of UCI points for finishing 5th in the Tour Down Under GC and winning the 1.1 ranked G.P. Costa degli Etruschi one-day race (against a bunch of amateurs... okay slight exaggeration but opposition was weak).

CrowdedHouse · 19-06-2017 9:59pm

I see KLM are after making sh**e of Sam's bke

https://twitter.com/Sammmy_Be/status/876875518381084673

https://twitter.com/Sammmy_Be/status/876887259374551040

19-06-2017 11:06pm

How much bike would Sam or the other WT guys sit on ? I'm sure my car is worth less

RobFowl · 20-06-2017 11:52am

Deleted User wrote: »

How much bike would Sam or the other WT guys sit on ? I'm sure my car is worth less

Guts of €10k but many items bespoke so in many ways invaluable

godtabh · 20-06-2017 12:17pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Guts of €10k but many items bespoke so in many ways invaluable

In this case its more about the replacement frame/lack of bike. He is getting a lot of offers for lends on twitter.

RobFowl · 20-06-2017 12:28pm

godtabh wrote: »

In this case its more about the replacement frame/lack of bike. He is getting a lot of offers for lends on twitter.

Don't think Sam was ever at risk of not having a bike

godtabh · 20-06-2017 1:02pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Don't think Sam was ever at risk of not having a bike

I could only imagine what he would turn up in!

happytramp · 21-07-2017 7:59pm

Just saw Sam's Giro nemesis Gaviria is recovering from surgery and won't be riding the Vuelta. Anyone know if Sam plans on doing it?

gordongekko · 21-07-2017 8:08pm

happytramp wrote: »

Just saw Sam's Giro nemesis Gaviria is recovering from surgery and won't be riding the Vuelta. Anyone know if Sam plans on doing it?

Sagan will surely do it now

RobFowl · 21-07-2017 8:52pm

gordongekko wrote: »

happytramp wrote: »

Just saw Sam's Giro nemesis Gaviria is recovering from surgery and won't be riding the Vuelta. Anyone know if Sam plans on doing it?

Sagan will surely do it now

Sagan supposedly concentrating on Worlds now and is not planning to do Vuelta.

Beasty · 21-07-2017 10:32pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Don't think Sam was ever at risk of not having a bike

Think he may have been a few years ago when he was close to jacking it all in;);)

21-07-2017 10:35pm

RobFowl wrote: »

Sagan supposedly concentrating on Worlds now and is not planning to do Vuelta.

Sagan is doing Poland and Worlds so unlikely he'll contest the Vuelta too?

So if segan is doing poland maybe Sam is in for San Sebastian ? must have a look and see if there are any team listings for those.

rtmie · 21-07-2017 10:38pm

Inquitus wrote: »

2017 UCI Ranking Points

Dan Martin - 2542
Sam Bennett - 546
Nico Roche - 511

Someone mentioned elsewhere that this impacts size of team Ireland is allowed in world road race.
Last year I think we had two. How many will we have this year?

Inquitus · 21-07-2017 10:47pm

rtmie wrote: »

Someone mentioned elsewhere that this impacts size of team Ireland is allowed in world road race.
Last year I think we had two. How many will we have this year?

6 as it stands I believe.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 21-07-2017 11:21pm

Bennet not listed in initial Vuelta line up so far but could appear yet.

dastardly00 · 22-07-2017 11:05pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sagan is doing Poland and Worlds so unlikely he'll contest the Vuelta too?

So if segan is doing poland maybe Sam is in for San Sebastian ? must have a look and see if there are any team listings for those.

Procyclingstats.com is usually pretty good for team listings and unofficial start lists.

A full team is listed for San Sebastian but no Sam; it wouldn't be his type of parcours anyway.

For the Vuelta, Procyclingstats just have Majka and Konig listed for Bora-Hansgrohe.

Weepsie · 23-07-2017 1:04am

I'd have thought Sagan's dq in TdF would make his appearance in vuelta greater. He's the most bankable name and sponsors can influence

23-07-2017 1:11am

Weepsie wrote: »

I'd have thought Sagan's dq in TdF would make his appearance in vuelta greater. He's the most bankable name and sponsors can influence

From what I saw Veulta isn't a race for either Sagan or Bennet which was what made me think Sam lost out with Sagan riding Poland next week. I'm convinced Sam was there before the DQ at the Tour de France.

cunavalos · 23-07-2017 1:18am

Weepsie wrote: »

I'd have thought Sagan's dq in TdF would make his appearance in vuelta greater. He's the most bankable name and sponsors can influence

Sagan has a history of doing the two Canadian one day races (Quebec and Montreal) and these overlap with the Vuelta and are often seen as better prep for the worlds.

cunavalos · 28-07-2017 11:18am

Sam is on the provisional start list for the Surrey-London Classic on Sunday which takes over most of the London 2012 Olympic RR route and is seen as a sprinters race. Previous winners include Boonen , Renshaw and Blythe.
It will be good to see where Sams form is after such a gap in racing. There are a few sprinters also racing coming off the back of a tough TDF (Greipel, Matthews, Degenkolb) as well as Viviani and Jean-Pierre Drucker

Other Irish interest will be in the form of Ryan Mullen and the AquaBlue boys

Coverage will be live on BBC 1 from 15.30-18.30 (Hugh Porter

:() with highlights on Eurosport in the evening

harringtonp · 28-07-2017 11:29am

cunavalos wrote: »

Sam is on the provisional start list for the Surrey-London Classic on Sunday which takes over most of the London 2012 Olympic RR route and is seen as a sprinters race. Previous winners include Boonen , Renshaw and Blythe.
It will be good to see where Sams form is after such a gap in racing. There are a few sprinters also racing coming off the back of a tough TDF (Greipel, Matthews, Degenkolb) as well as Viviani and Jean-Pierre Drucker

Other Irish interest will be in the form of Ryan Mullen and the AquaBlue boys

Coverage will be live on BBC 1 from 15.30-18.30 (Hugh Porter :() with highlights on Eurosport in the evening

Prize pool

https://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/events/classic/prizes/prize-money/

Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

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