Video: Watch Sam Bennett rocket to first victory of new season

The video footage of Sam Bennett's sprint victory in Australia shows he won it really well and in front of some very fast riders.

As the videos below reveal, Sam Bennett made it look very easy when taking his first win of the season at Race Melbourne overnight.

He sprint in to win the inaugural edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race sister event.

“I’m extremely happy. To get the first win of the season is really nice and takes a little bit of pressure off,” said Bennett afterwards.

“They did a fantastic job and got me out of trouble in the last corners. I kind of lost a wheel and they sort of managed to get me in a great position. It was a great day.

“We kind of relaxed and let the race happen. We didn’t take control or force it. And if it came back to a sprint we were going to try to do something,” said Bennett.

And while the Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) was in the sprint today and had won four stages at the Tour Down Under, Bennett said he won’t be getting carried away with his victory.

“He was just a little bit unlucky. You see how fast he is. He is incredibly fast,” he said of Ewan.

He is now turning his thoughts to the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on Sunday.

Top 10 Race Melbourne

1. Sam BENNETT (BOH) 2h21:39
2. Danny VAN POPPEL (SKY) +0
3. Scott SUNDERLAND (IWS) +0
4. Edward THEUNS (TFS) +0
5. Caleb EWAN (ORS) +0
6. Tyler FARRAR (DDD) +0
7. Nikias ARNDT (SUN) +0
8. Tom VAN ASBROECK (CDT) +0
9. Matto MONTAGUTI (ALM) +0
10. Travis MCCABE (UHC) +0