We take a wry look at the photos that captured Ireland's latest win in the pro peloton.
Sam Bennett yesterday scalped the best in Germany for the stage win and first yellow jersey at Bayern Rundfahrt at the end of the 221.3km stage from Regensburg to Waldsassen.
He saw off Grand Tour multi stage winners Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin); the latter winning Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo of late.
Bennett won the final stage of the same race last year and will aim for further success before the event finishes on Sunday.
"Yes John; how very, very interesting. Now tell us all about how you're going to win today's stage?"
The peloton rolls out of Regensburg, or 'Planet of Apes' as it was renamed when the locals skulled all the free Alpecin Caffeine Shampoo by mid morning.
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It was a welcome sight seeing Bennett's Bora-Argon 18 on or near the front practically the entire day; clearly backing the Irishman to the hilt. A slightly less welcome sight is the rider at the very bottom of the shot who's strayed into the photo clearly having a Jimmy Riddle.
The breakaway establishes itself; the lad on the front looking like an U16 rider who's dressed in replica kit for the day and just jumped out of the bushes.
Bennett's Bora-Argon 18 (still) on the front; their man longing for the comfort of the middle of the bunch where he used to be able to ride before they signed the Irish fast man.
Giant Alpecin and Cofidis loitering at the head of affairs, still labouring under the illusion they're working to bag the stage win. Bless.
In a completely unexpected development, the Colombia rider gets over excited when the road goes even slightly uphill.
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Bennett having a look; the "will I stick the hands up or won't I" moment.
The "Jesus wept, Sean Kelly wudda killed me if I'd taken the hands off the bars" moment as Bennett lunges for the line with Nacer Bouhanni; the Cofidis man who won three stages and points classification in the Giro last year as well as two stages in the Vuelta months later.
Bennett realises he didn't put his hands up. "Sean Kelly is gonna kill me for that!"
An open-mouthed Bennett suddenly realises he's left the immersion on.
Degenkolb's just smelt something not quite right. And it’s not just the stench of failure...
The German inhales, holds his breath, and makes a dash for it, away from Bennett...
"Woooo, what are they feeding the Irish guy?!"
Who cares? Yellow!
The compulsory pointing skyward of the index finger, lest there be any doubt about who just won.
The Guinness Book of Records attempt for most people on a podium probably seemed like a good idea at the time, to be fair.
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