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Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

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  • #92
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    A pro with a saddle bag. What next!?!

    Funny comment on the photo:
    "Good that you can fit your suitcase under your seat also."

    And reply from Sam:
    "hahaha i know man, it looked smaller on the net haha".

    :D


  • #93
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Sam won Stage 1 of Bayern Rundfahrt (2.HC) today. In doing so he managed to beat this year's Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix winner John Degenkolb, and the multiple GT stage winner Nacer Bohanni.


  • #94
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    Big win for Sam today in the first stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt
    Takes the yellow jersey into Stage 2 beating the likes of Degenkolb and Bouhani

    The win was especially welcome as it his sponsors home race


  • #95
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Stage 2 result:
    1. John Degenkolb (TGA)
    2. Nacer Bouhanni (COF)
    3. Enrique Sanz (MOV)
    4. Sam Bennett (BOA)


  • #96
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    Looks like he loses the yellow jersey as well due to bonus seconds if my leaving cert german is correct

    John Degenkolb vom Team Giant Alpecin wird auf der dritten Etappe das Gelbe Volks- und Raiffeisenbankentrikot tragen.


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  • #97
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Overall GC after Stage 2:
    1. Degenkolb
    2. Bouhanni @ 2"
    3. Bennett @ 4"


  • #98
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Sam has taken a second stage win, holding off Bouhanni and Navardauskas in stage 3.


  • #99
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    He's back in the leader's yellow jersey as well!


  • #100
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    He's becoming a pretty big player at this rate. A TdF stage win could be the next step upwards.


  • #101
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    pelevin wrote: »
    He's becoming a pretty big player at this rate. A TdF stage win could be the next step upwards.

    yeah, hope he'll do well in France


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  • #102
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    3rd in the final stage behind Degenkolb and Selig
    full stage result
    1 John Degenkolb (TGA)
    2 Rüdiger Selig (KAT)
    3 Sam Bennett (BOA)
    4 Dylan Groenewegen (ROP)
    5 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (CLT)
    6 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (MTN)
    7 Andrato de Mattos (STH)
    8 Jonas Vangenechten (IAM)
    9 Nacer Bouhanni (COF)
    10 Ramunas Navardauskas (TCG)


  • #103
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    cunavalos wrote: »
    3rd in the final stage behind Degenkolb and Selig
    full stage result
    1 John Degenkolb (TGA)
    2 Rüdiger Selig (KAT)
    3 Sam Bennett (BOA)
    4 Dylan Groenewegen (ROP)
    5 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (CLT)
    6 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (MTN)
    7 Andrato de Mattos (STH)
    8 Jonas Vangenechten (IAM)
    9 Nacer Bouhanni (COF)
    10 Ramunas Navardauskas (TCG)

    what about GC?


  • #104
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    connachta wrote: »
    what about GC?
    All the sprinters fell away after the tt yesterday
    Dowsett
    Machado
    Barta


  • #105
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    thanks, mate :)


  • #106
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    He lost a lot of time yesterday. An area to improve if he wants to take a step up to the next level?


  • #107
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,727 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    godtabh wrote: »
    He lost a lot of time yesterday. An area to improve if he waNt to take a step up to the next level?

    It's not really necessary is it? Cavendish, Kittel and the likes would lose time too. He probably took it handy so he was ready to sprint today. He's never gonna be a gc rider, and he proved this week he's as fast as two cracking sprinters in Degenkolb and Bouhanni.


  • #108
    connachta
    Registered Users Posts: 7,963 ✭✭✭connachta


    godtabh wrote: »
    He lost a lot of time yesterday. An area to improve if he wants to take a step up to the next level?

    He souldn't target GC for the moment. Stage win (at least a podium) and many top 10 on Tour de France must be the focus


  • #109
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    He just needs to keep doing what he's doing at the moment. I'm really looking forward to seeing him at le Tour.


  • #110
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Congratulations to Sam Bennet for being named as co-leader for the Tour de France!

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sam-bennett-to-co-lead-bora-argon18-team-for-first-tour-de-france-1.2248063


  • #111
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Congratulations to Sam Bennet for being named as co-leader for the Tour de France!

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sam-bennett-to-co-lead-bora-argon18-team-for-first-tour-de-france-1.2248063

    Great stuff, look forward to seeing his odds for some Tour stages, he's not listed for Stage 2 on PP at the moment :(


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  • #112
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    I'm possibly showing my ignorance here, but when was the last time Ireland had such a talented pure sprinter (if we consider Sean Kelly as an all-rounder)?


  • #113
    pelevin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭pelevin


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I'm possibly showing my ignorance here, but when was the last time Ireland had such a talented pure sprinter (if we consider Sean Kelly as an all-rounder)?

    Sean Kelly.
    "Noone likes a smart-arse."
    All right. The answer so is Sean Kelly before he became an all-rounder.

    Actually remembering that stage with the brutal uphill last km or 500m or so in the Tour of Britain with An Post where Sam came second, that suggested he had a fair bit of the potential all-rounder in him. Twas his last year with An Post when he went on to win a stage in the same race.


  • #114
    Darkglasses
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,526 Mod ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    pelevin wrote: »
    Sean Kelly.
    "Noone likes a smart-arse."
    All right. The answer so is Sean Kelly before he became an all-rounder.

    Actually remembering that stage with the brutal uphill last km or 500m or so in the Tour of Britain with An Post where Sam came second, that suggested he had a fair bit of the potential all-rounder in him. Twas his last year with An Post when he went on to win a stage in the same race.

    :o Pelevin please... :D

    PP have given Sam's odds for stage 2 at 66/1 after request. I just can't not put an e/w bet on that :)

    http://www.paddypower.com/bet/cycling/tour-de-france?ev_oc_grp_ids=251554


  • #115
    buffalo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Haven't seen this posted elsewhere - Kimmage doing what he does best:

    http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/paul-kimmage-meet-sam-bennett-the-man-who-could-be-irelands-next-big-thing-31352175.html


  • #116
    fondriest
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrGIFbzlY_8&feature=youtu.be

    On board with Sam in the TT. Huge crowds.


  • #117
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,204 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    fondriest wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrGIFbzlY_8&feature=youtu.be

    On board with Sam in the TT. Huge crowds.

    Looks like he caught a few people there


  • #118
    REBELSAFC
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭REBELSAFC


    Watching Sam over the last week has got me thinking about the next move for his career. Would he be well advised moving to a bigger team and acting as a leadout man for one of the top top sprinters. Imagine what he could learn from Griepel or Kittel for a couple of years.Being a leadout man for Cav for a season or two certainly didn't do Griepel any harm.

    Or would he be better off to continue on his current path given the improvement he has shown already this year?


  • #119
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,727 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    He's beaten Bouhanni, Degenkolb, and Guardini in sprints so far this year. The lad has the speed. He got unucky with fitness this tour and maybe its all a bit much at the moment but he needs to be leading a team and contesting sprints.


  • #120
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,304 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    He needs to just keep doing what he's doing. He's had a fantastic season so far. Bora-Argon18 are backing him and giving him great support.


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  • #121
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,667 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Sam is in the right team and progressing at the right pace. He doesn't need to go anywhere...


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