Bennett wins second straight at Vuelta a Espana

August 21, 2022

Sam Bennett is Vuelta a Espana A 193km trek that started and ended in Breda on Sunday.

Bennett, who also won the second stage in Utrecht, was fastest in the bunch sprint finish of the final stage in the Netherlands. The Irishman, like in the second stage, finished on the podium with Trek’s Segafredo’s Mats, who held off Pedersen, and Arkea’s Samsic’s Dunn, who finished on the podium.

Bennett, who became the second Irish rider after Sean Kelly to win at least ten stages in a Grand Tour, was led to the line by teammate Danny Van Poppel.

“A lot of people were fighting for our steering wheel, so it was pretty tough,” said Bennett, who leads the green jersey race with 117 points and Pedersen’s 80 points. , so there were some tough moments getting behind the wheel of Danny. ”

Sunday’s stages were mostly uneventful with the exception of general classification favorite Richard Carapaz crashing out with about 18km to go. Olympic road race his champion was brought back to the peloton by his teammates.

Edoardo Affini will take over the red leader’s jersey on Stage 4, becoming the third Jumbo-Visma rider after Robert Gesink and Mike Teunissen.

Peloton emigrate to spain on monday. His next six stages until the next rest day will take place in the middle or high mountains of northern Spain, the Basque Country and Asturias.