Having gone close with earlier placings of third and fourth, Sam Bennett scorched to his first victory of the season on the final day of the Vuelta a San Juan Internacional in Argentina. The Carrick-on-Suir sprinter benefitted from strong leadout work by his Bora-hansgrohe team, with triple world champion Peter Sagan amongst those setting him up inside the finale. Bennett duly delivered, beating Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagi (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Erik Baska (Bora-hansgrohe) and the rest of the bunch to the line. Although Viviani was not in the Vuelta a San Juan, his team tried a similar tactic to try to give their designated sprinters an edge over Bennett. March’s Milan-San Remo Classic will be one of his big targets, but he will have other opportunities before then.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2019 13:52 UTC