Sam Bennett set to turn out with Peter Sagan for season debut

Sam Bennett enjoyed a fantastic end to last season; three stages and a classification jersey in Turkey bringing that campaign to an end. And he will look to get the new season off to a flying start when he rides the Vuelta a San Juan in a selection that includes Peter Sagan.

 

Sam Bennett is limbering up for his opening race of the season and has been named in the same selection as Peter Sagan.

Bennett will get his 2019 campaign underway at Vuelta San Juan (2.1) in Argentina. It begins on Sunday and features six road stages and a 12km TT on the third day.

While Sagan has already ridden the Tour Down Under and claimed a stage win there, the race in Argentina will be Bennett’s first test of his form after the winter break.

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As well as his team mate Sagan, there are some very fast finishers in the race that Bennett will go up against.

Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) is in the start list along with Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Álvaro José Hodeg (Deceuninck-Quick Step).

Of the seven stages, two – including the opener – look like nailed-on sprint finishes.

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There are also two more with some climbs that Bennett may cope with but the other fast men won’t.

Last year Ryan Mullen went to Argentina and won the TT stage; his first international victory as a pro.

Sam Bennett will look to get the ball rolling for 2019 with another Irish victory. And beating the other sprinters to win would be a very welcome early season confidence boost.

In the Bora-hansgrohe team with Bennett and Sagan for Argentina are Christoph Pfingsten, Paweł Poljański, Felix Großschartner and Erik Baška.

Bennett enjoyed a very strong season last year with three stage wins the Giro. And he ended the 2018 season with three stage victories, including solo win, and the points classification at the Tour of Turkey.

 

 

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