Sam Bennett, left, holds off Rudy Barbier (Roubaix Lille Métropole) for victory on the opening stage at Critérium International at the weekend; you can watch the sprint in the clip below.
Sam Bennett shot to his first win of the season in France on Saturday, taking the opener at Critérium International after the breakaway was caught in sight of the finish line.
As the video below shows, Bennett went from a long, long way out after some fantastic work by his Bora-Argon 18 team mates at the end of 90km into Porto Vecchio.
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He took the yellow jersey for his troubles and though he would lose it in the afternoon TT he took 15th on that stage.
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) won the afternoon 7km test to take the race lead and he also won the mountain stage on Sunday to complete his outright victory.
Bennett would abandon the final stage, with little to ride for in the big mountains.
The quality of the clip below is quite poor but seeing as pro wins are so hard to come by we decided we’d share it. If we get a better quality version we’ll bring it to you.
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