Bennett’s absence means there will likely be no Irish riders represented at the Tour this year
Sam Bennett ahead of the second stage the Paris-Nice eight days cycling race, from Bazainville to Fontainebleau earlier this year. Photograph: David Pintens/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty ImagesHe won two stages plus the green jersey the last time he took part, but Sam Bennett’s ambition of adding to his Tour de France success will have to wait until next season. The 32-year-old has for the second year running been left out of the Bora-hansgrohe selection for the race.
Instead, the team will back the Belgian sprinter Jordi Meeus. The main thrust of its Tour campaign will be to try to secure a top three overall with the Australian all-rounder Jai Hindley. Bennett’s big Tour success came in the 2020 edition. He missed the following year’s event due to a knee injury, and the lingering effects of that meant that he was not at his best prior to last year’s Tour. He was left out of the team selection for that event but rode the Vuelta a España, taking two stage wins there and looking like a big contender for the points classification.
However he caught Covid-19 and had to leave the race. Bennett ended the season well with an impressive performance in Paris-Tours, and started things on a high note this year when he won his very first race, stage one of the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina in January.
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