Sam Bennett has used his world renowned sprint to deliver him another victory today on stage 4 of La Vuelta, just 24 hours after compatriot Dan Martin had taken his stage victory on the race.
Bennett sprinted in at the head of the peloton to claim a brilliant victory at the end of 191km of racing from Garray to Ejea de los Caballeros.
His Deceuninck-QuickStep team bullied its way to the front of the bunch and bossed the action, especially in the final 2km today, with Bennett finishing the job superbly.
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Jasper Phillipsen (UAE Team Emirates) went early in the sprint and while Bennett had to close him down, he hunted him all the way and just got past him on the line.
After his Tour de France heroics earlier this season, when he won two stages and the points classification, Bennett executed his sprint today at the first time of asking on this Vuelta.
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After the opening three stages that had been planned for
the Netherlands were cancelled due to Covid-19, the race started on what was
initially intended to be stage 4 and denied the sprinters of their early
chances.
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However, having endured a savage three days in the mountains since Tuesday, the sprinters had their chance today and Bennett took it with both hands.
Philipsen, who went so close but was simply out-gunned by Ireland's Bennett, had to be content with 2nd place today. Jakub Mareczko (CCC Team) was 3rd and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) was 4th.
There was no change in the overall as Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) still leads the race by 5 seconds from Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation).
More to come.
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