Sam Bennett's family's nerves were clearly shredded as they looked on at home as the 29-year-old Carrick-on-Suir man wrapped up the green jersey on the Tour de France by winning the final stage in Paris yesterday.
Helen and Michael Bennett - the proud parents of the Irish cycling star - jumped around the living room at home in Carrick-on-Suir with other family members as the Irish pro rider really got the job done on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Sports radio show host Nigel Kelly is the man with the scoop as he was with the Bennett's at their home as part of his work for WLR FM, for whom he presents a sports show twice a week.
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Not only does he capture the ecstatic scenes as Bennett lands the big one into Paris, but he also spoke to the proud parents afterwards, who were clearly punch drunk with delight at what their son had just achieved.
They were unable to travel to Paris for the big day due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions, but that didn't seem to dampen their excitement.
God only knows the roller coaster of emotion they have been through over the past three weeks, indeed over the last 10 years or so. But their son's Tour was a story with a very happy ending and there is plenty more to come from him in the years ahead.
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