{{short description|Irish racing cyclist (born 1990)}} {{For|other people with the same name|Sam Bennett (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Sam Bennett | image = Rund um Köln 2019 027.jpg | caption = Bennett in 2019. | fullname = Sam Bennett | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Wervik]], [[Flanders]], Belgium | height = {{height|m=1.78}}<ref name="BORA - hansgrohe">{{cite web|title=BORA – hansgrohe|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/de/rider/sam-bennett/797401|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="BORA - hansgrohe"/> | currentteam = {{UCI team code|Q36}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | amateuryears1 = 2007–2010 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|LPM|2007}} | amateuryears2 = 2009 | amateurteam2 = Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey | amateuryears3 = 2010 | amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2011–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2011}} | proyears2 = 2014–2019 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|BOH|2014}} | proyears3 = 2020–2021 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|QST|2020}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-deceuninck-quickstep/|title=2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep|first=Barry|last=Ryan|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=31 December 2019|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15237/1000495/279|title=Deceuninck - Quick-Step|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101071627/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15237/1000495/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2022–2023 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|BOH|2022}} | proyears5 = 2024–2025 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|DAT|2024}} | proyears6 = 2026– | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|Q36|2026}} | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' :'''[[Tour de France]]''' ::[[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]] ([[2020 Tour de France|2020]]) ::2 individual stages ([[2020 Tour de France|2020]]) :'''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' ::3 individual stages ([[2018 Giro d'Italia|2018]]) :'''[[Vuelta a España]]''' ::5 individual stages ([[2019 Vuelta a España|2019]], [[2020 Vuelta a España|2020]], [[2022 Vuelta a España|2022]]) '''[[Race stage|Stage races]]''' : [[Four Days of Dunkirk]] ([[2024 Four Days of Dunkirk|2024]]) '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :{{nowrap|[[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2019)}} :[[Classic Brugge–De Panne]] ([[2021 Classic Brugge–De Panne|2021]]) :[[Eschborn–Frankfurt]] ([[2022 Eschborn–Frankfurt|2022]]) :[[Münsterland Giro]] (2017) :[[Clásica de Almería]] ([[2014 Clásica de Almería|2014]]) | nickname = 'Sammy B' | death_date = | death_place = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Sam Bennett''' (born 16 October 1990) is an Irish professional cyclist who rides for [[UCI WorldTeam]] {{UCI team code|Q36}}. He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] stages: three stages in the [[2018 Giro d'Italia]], two stages at the [[2019 Vuelta a España]], two stages at the [[2020 Tour de France]], where he also won the [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]], one stage at the [[2020 Vuelta a España]], and two stages at the [[2022 Vuelta a España]].
== Early life ==
Bennett was born in 1990 in [[Wervik]], [[Flanders]], Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club [[Eendracht Wervik]]. He moved with his parents to their native Ireland at the age of four, where he spent most of his early years growing up in [[Carrick-on-Suir]], the hometown of fellow cyclist [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/i-almost-gave-up-on-my-pro-cycling-dream-bennett-30647231.html |title=I almost gave up on my pro cycling dream – Bennett |last1=Tracey |first1=Cian|date=8 October 2014 |website=[[independent.ie]]|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bennett-aims-to-start-with-a-bang-at-qatar-and-oman |title=Bennett aims to start with a bang at Qatar and Oman |last1=Kelly |first1=Cillian |date=28 January 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
== Career == === Early career === Bennett was head-hunted by [[Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille]] at 17, and joined them in the south of France, after completing his first year of third-level education at [[Waterford Institute of Technology]] (where he was embarking on an Honours Degree in Health and Exercise Studies). In 2009, Bennett rode, for the first time, the [[Rás Tailteann]] with the Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey squad. During the 2010 season, Bennett won the under-23 road race at the [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] in [[Sligo]], aged 19.
=== An Post–Sean Kelly (2011–13) === In 2011, Bennett left France and joined Sean Kelly's {{UCI team code|SKT|2011}} squad, under the tutelage of manager Kurt Bogaerts. He again won the under-23 road race at the [[Irish National Cycling Championships]] and also the [[Grote Prijs Stad Geel]], a UCI 1.2 ranked one day race.
The following year he finished tenth in the [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|under-23 road race]] at the [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] in [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], and seventh in the under-23 road race at the [[2012 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]].
In 2013 {{UCI team code|SKT|2013}} moved up to Professional Continental level; Bennett won two stages in the [[Rás Tailteann]] – stage 3 into [[Listowel]] and stage 8 in [[Skerries, County Dublin|Skerries]] – and stage 5 of the [[2013 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]], in which he also took two second places.
=== NetApp–Endura (2014–19) === ==== 2014 season ==== Having joined {{UCI team code|APP|2014}} in 2014, Bennett took his first professional win at the UCI 1.1 ranked [[2014 Clásica de Almería|Clásica de Almería]] and won twice in Germany: the [[Rund um Köln]] and stage 5 of the 1.HC ranked [[2014 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]] into [[Nuremberg]].
==== 2015 season ==== The 2015 season began for Bennett at the [[2015 Tour of Qatar|Tour of Qatar]], where he won the final stage, finishing in the [[Doha]] Corniche. Bennett won the first and third stages at the [[2015 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]], allowing him to wear his first professional points classification jersey. Bennett was involved in a mass crash at the end of the [[2015 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/scheldeprijs-finale-marred-by-mass-crash | title=Scheldeprijs finale marred by mass crash}}</ref> Bennett began the [[2015 Tour de France|Tour de France]] sick, having been diagnosed with a [[hernia]] on his [[Thoracic diaphragm|diaphragm]]. He completed 16 stages of the race before abandoning. He returned to racing at the [[2015 Arctic Race of Norway|Arctic Race of Norway]] and won stage 2 into [[Setermoen]]; he finished 2nd in the points classification to [[Alexander Kristoff]]. Bennett took his final win of the season at [[Paris–Bourges]] in a sprint finish.
==== 2016 season ==== In March 2016, Bennett won the first stage of the [[2016 Critérium International|Critérium International]] in [[Corsica]]. Bennett's [[2016 Tour de France|Tour de France]] effort was hindered by a crash that resulted in broken fingers on his right hand, but he continued to finish the race last in the general classification – the ''[[Lanterne rouge#Sam Bennett, from red lantern 2016 to green jersey 2020|lanterne rouge]]'' – and finishing in the top 10 on the final stage in [[Paris]]. After recovering from his Tour injuries, Bennett went on to take a stage win at the [[Giro di Toscana]], and won the points classification. The following month, he won his second consecutive [[Paris–Bourges]].
==== 2017 season ==== On 7 March 2017, Bennett won Stage 3 of the [[2017 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/irelands-sam-bennett-secures-biggest-win-of-his-career-in-france-35509779.html|title=Ireland's Sam Bennett secures biggest win of his career in France|date=7 March 2017|work=Irish Independent|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> Bennett went on to win 2 stages of the [[Tour of Slovenia]] in June, and won the points classification. At the [[Czech Cycling Tour]], he again won two stages and the points classification jersey. In September, he won the [[Münsterland Giro]] in a photo-finish. In October, Bennett won four out of the six stages of the [[2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey|2017 Tour of Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2017/ |title= 2017 Tour of Turkey|date=15 October 2017|work=Cycling News|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
==== 2018 & 2019 seasons ==== Bennett started the season in the [[2018 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]], despite having an illness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sam-bennett-struck-down-with-illness-ahead-of-tour-down-under/ |title=Sam Bennett struck down with before Tour Down Under |publisher=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=8 January 2018|access-date= 8 January 2018}}</ref> He also started in the [[2018 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], but had to abandon midway through stage 3 due to sickness.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/sam-bennett-abandons-paris-nice/ | title=Ireland's Sam Bennett abandons Paris-Nice on stage 3| date=2018-03-06}}</ref> At the [[2018 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]], Bennett finished second on stage two. On 11 May 2018, he achieved his maiden Grand Tour stage victory, winning the seventh stage of the [[2018 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] in [[Praia a Mare]], in a sprint finish. He then added further stage victories on stage 12, finishing at the [[Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari]] motor racing circuit in [[Imola]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-giro-ditalia-stage-12-wins-ireland-cycling-4019175-May2018/|title ='I just went for it' – Sam Bennett on becoming the first Irishman in 30 years to win two Grand Tour stages|date=17 May 2018|work=The 42|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> and the final stage into [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-4039244-May2018/|title =Ireland's Sam Bennett wins final stage of Giro d'Italia in thrilling sprint finish|date=27 May 2018|work=The 42|access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Sam Bennett, 2019 Paris-Nice.jpg|thumb|Bennett at the [[2019 Paris–Nice]], where he won two stages.]] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the [[2019 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], his first time competing in the [[Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2019/gc/startlist |title=2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España |access-date=23 August 2019 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref> On 26 August, he won [[2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11|Stage 3]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/double-irish-celebration-at-vuelta-as-sam-bennett-wins-stage-3-while-nicolas-roche-keeps-leaders-jersey-38437490.html|title =Double Irish celebration at Vuelta as Sam Bennett wins Stage 3 while Nicolas Roche keeps leader's jersey|date=26 August 2019|work=Irish Independent|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> He also won [[2019 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21|Stage 14]], and finished in second place on four other stages; he finished third in the [[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|points classification]] behind overall contenders [[Primož Roglič]] and [[Tadej Pogačar]].
=== Deceuninck–Quick-Step (2020–21) === In December 2019, Bennett signed a two-year contract with Belgian team {{UCI team code|QST|2020}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/bennett-quickstep-move-4917219-Dec2019/ |title =Bennett describes QuickStep move as a 'dream come true'|date=3 December 2019|work=The 42|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
==== 2020 season ==== He was named in the [[List of teams and cyclists in the 2020 Tour de France|team]] to compete in the [[2020 Tour de France|Tour de France]] and narrowly finished in second place in a sprint finish on [[2020 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11|stage 3]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/tour-de-france-third-stage-sam-bennett-5191816-Aug2020/|title =Bennett agonisingly beaten on the line again as wait for Tour de France win goes on|date= 1 September 2020|work=The 42|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> On stage 5, Bennett finished in third place and took the [[Points classification in the Tour de France|green jersey]], becoming the first Irish rider to lead one of the classifications in the Tour since [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] won the same jersey in [[1989 Tour de France|1989]]. On stage 10, Bennett won his first stage in a sprint finish and also regained the green jersey from [[Peter Sagan]], its seven-time winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sean-kelly-sam-bennett-deserves-tour-de-france-green-jersey-after-hard-times/ |title=Sean Kelly: Sam Bennett deserves Tour de France green jersey after hard times |last=Benson |first=Daniel |date=3 September 2020 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-ireland-wins-stage-10-tour-de-france-2020-5199319-Sep2020/ |title =Ireland's Sam Bennett wins Stage 10 to regain Tour de France green jersey|date=8 September 2020 |work=The 42|access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> Bennett became the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France, after [[Shay Elliott]], Kelly, [[Stephen Roche]], [[Martin Earley]] and [[Dan Martin (cyclist)|Dan Martin]], and the second, after Elliott, to win a stage in every Grand Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/08/tour-de-france-sam-bennett-wins-stage-10-primoz-roglic-keeps-yellow-jersey|title =Tour de France: Sam Bennett wins stage 10 as Primoz Roglic keeps yellow jersey|date=8 September 2020 |work=Guardian|access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2020/0908/1163957-sam-bennett-wins-stage-10-of-tour-de-france/|title =Sam Bennett wins stage 10 of Tour de France|date=8 September 2020 |work=RTE Sport|access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> On 20 September, Bennett won his second stage of the Tour, becoming only the fifth cyclist to win the [[Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France|final stage]] of the [[Tour de France]] while wearing the [[green jersey]], and the second Irish (and the second from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir<ref name=RTE2020-09-21-01COS>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2020/0920/1166397-kelly-bennetts-green-jersey-crucial-for-irish-cycling/|title=Sean Kelly: Sam Bennett delivered on the potential he always had with Tour de France green jersey|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|date=21 September 2020|access-date=26 October 2020|quote=It's an incredible achievement for the town of Carrick-on-Suir, with a population of under 6,000 at the last census, to produce two green jersey winners some 31 years apart.}}</ref>) cyclist to win the Green Jersey (after Kelly, who won it 4 times, in [[1982 Tour de France|1982]], [[1983 Tour de France|1983]], [[1985 Tour de France|1985]], and 1989).<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Riordan|first=Ian|title='I never thought I'd be good enough' – Sam Bennett clinches Tour de France green jersey|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/i-never-thought-i-d-be-good-enough-sam-bennett-clinches-tour-de-france-green-jersey-1.4359957|access-date=2020-09-22|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-11-5210289-Sep2020/|title =Sam Bennett takes final stage and wins Ireland's 1st Tour de France green jersey in 31 years|date= 20 September 2020 |work=The 42|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2020/0920/1166317-bennett-wins-final-stage-tour-de-france-green-jersey/|title ='It's amazing' – Bennett seals green jersey by sprinting to final stage victory|date= 20 September 2020 |work=RTE Sport|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
He won [[2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9|Stage 4]] of the [[2020 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]].<ref name="CN4">{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2020/stage-4/results/|title=Vuelta a España: Sam Bennett wins stage 4|first=Stephen|last=Puddicombe|publisher=CyclingNews|date=23 October 2020|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/super-sam-bennett-makes-it-back-to-back-vuelta-stage-wins-for-the-irish-5243168-Oct2020/|title = Super Sam Bennett makes it back-to-back Vuelta stage wins for the Irish|date= 23 October 2020|work=The 42|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> On stage 9, he crossed the line first but was relegated for a 'shove' in the final kilometre, with the stage win being awarded to Germany's [[Pascal Ackermann]].<ref name=Eurosport2020-10-29-01a>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/vuelta-a-espana/2020/la-vuelta-2020-sam-bennett-wins-in-style-as-carapaz-retains-vuelta-lead_sto7971715/story.shtml|title=LA VUELTA 2020 – SAM BENNETT RELEGATED FROM STAGE WIN AFTER 'SHOVE' IN THE FINAL KILOMETRE|publisher=[[Eurosport]]|author=Tom Owen|date=29 October 2020|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> In the final stage, he again lost out to Ackermann when he was narrowly beaten into 2nd place in the sprint, thus failing by the width of a wheel-rim to achieve a win on the last-day stage of each Grand Tour, after final-day stage wins in the [[2018 Giro d'Italia]] and the 2020 Tour de France.<ref name=CyclingNews2020-11-08-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/vuelta-a-espana/pascal-ackermann-pips-sam-bennett-in-stage-18-sprint-as-roglic-seals-vuelta-a-espana-475222|title=Pascal Ackermann pips Sam Bennett in stage 18 sprint as Roglič seals Vuelta a España|publisher=[[Cycling Weekly]]|author=Jonny Long|date=8 November 2020|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=Eurosport2020-11-08-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpCKEAs-wg4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/JpCKEAs-wg4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Vuelta a España – Stage 18 Highlights – Cycling – Eurosport|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=8 November 2020|access-date=9 November 2020|quote=Just a wheelrim involved between the pair of then, Sam Bennett not quite coming to get that hat-trick he'd been searching for of last day wins on all the Grand Tours.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==== 2021 season ==== Bennett missed the [[2021 Tour de France]] due to a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2021/0621/1229496-sam-bennett-ruled-out-of-tour-de-france-with-injury/|title=Sam Bennett ruled out of Tour de France with knee injury|date=21 June 2021|work=RTE Sport|accessdate= 22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sam-bennett-s-exit-from-tour-de-france-sparks-tension-in-his-team-1.4599716|title=Sam Bennett’s exit from Tour de France sparks tension in his team|date=21 June 2021|work=Irish Times|accessdate= 22 June 2021}}</ref>
=== Bora–Hansgrohe === In August 2021, Bennett was announced to be rejoining {{UCI team code|BOH|2022}} on a two-year contract, along with his teammate [[Shane Archbold]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/sam-bennett-returns-to-bora-hansgrohe-on-two-year-contract/|title=Sam Bennett returns to Bora-Hansgrohe on two-year contract|work=[[VeloNews]]|publisher=Outside|date=3 August 2021|accessdate=7 January 2022}}</ref>
Bennett was not part of the [[2022 Bora–Hansgrohe season|Bora–Hansgrohe]] team that took part in the [[2022 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-tour-de-france-4-5801673-Jun2022/ |title= Ireland's Sam Bennett misses out on Tour de France spot again|date=28 June 2022|work=The 42|accessdate=29 June 2022}}</ref> In August, Bennett won the [[2022 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11|second and third stages]] of the [[2022 Vuelta a España]] in two sprint finishes. He became the second Irish rider to win at least 10 stages in Grand Tours after [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/sam-bennett-clinches-second-successive-victory-at-vuelta-a-espana-41926822.html|title=Sam Bennett clinches second successive victory at Vuelta a Espana|date=21 August 2022|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=23 August 2022}}</ref>
=== Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale (2024–2025) === In November 2023, Bennett signed with the {{UCI team code|DAT|2024}} team for 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sam-bennett-and-victor-lafay-sign-for-revamped-decathlon-ag2r-la-mondiale-team/|title= Sam Bennett and Victor Lafay sign for revamped Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team|date=27 November 2023|work=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref>
==== 2024 season ==== In May he won the [[2024 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] after winning four of the six stages of the race, it was the first general classification win of his professional career.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2024/0519/1450062-bennett-wins-final-stage-to-seal-overall-victory/|title= Sam Bennett wins final stage to seal overall victory in Four Days of Dunkirk|date=19 May 2024|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref>
=== Pinarello-Q36.5 (2026) === In November 2025, Bennett signed with the {{UCI team code|Q36|2026}} team for 2026.
==Career achievements== ===Major results=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2008 : 1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Points race, [[2008 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Junior Track Championships]] : 1st {{cjersey|ireland}} Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Junior Road Championships]] : 1st Martin Donnelly Junior Tour<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/bennett-secures-junior-tour-title-1432487.html| title=Bennett secures Junior Tour title| publisher=Irish Independent| date=2008-07-14}}</ref> ;2009 : 1st Alleins GP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_4215.shtml |title=BENNETT TAKES VICTORY IN FRANCE |publisher=Irish Cycling |date=2009-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726112159/http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_4215.shtml |archive-date=2011-07-26 }}</ref> : 1st Stage 7 [[Rás Tailteann]] : 5th Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Under-23 Road Championships]] ;2010 : 1st {{cjersey|ireland}} Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Under-23 Road Championships]] : 1st Stage 4 [[Alpes Isère Tour|Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour]] : 7th Grand Prix de Vougy : 8th Dijon–Auxonne–Dijon ;2011 : [[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Road Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|ireland}} Under-23 road race ::5th Road race : 1st [[Grote Prijs Stad Geel]] ;2012 : 3rd [[Ronde van Noord-Holland]] : 7th Road race, [[2012 European Road Championships|UEC European Under-23 Road Championships]] : 8th [[Egmont Cycling Race|Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem]] : 10th [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|Road race]], [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Under-23 Road World Championships]] ;2013 <small>(1 pro win)</small> : 1st Overall Suir Valley 3 Day : [[Rás Tailteann]] ::1st Stages 3 & 8 : 1st Stage 5 [[2013 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]] : 4th [[Schaal Sels]] : 4th [[Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren]] : 7th [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|Dutch Food Valley Classic]] : 10th [[Omloop van het Waasland]] ;2014 <small>(3)</small> : 1st [[2014 Clásica de Almería|Clásica de Almería]] : 1st [[Rund um Köln]] : [[2014 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]] ::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Sprints classification ::1st Stage 5 : 2nd [[Velothon Berlin|ProRace Berlin]] : 5th [[2014 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]] : 6th [[2014 RideLondon–Surrey Classic|RideLondon–Surrey Classic]] ;2015 <small>(5)</small> : 1st [[Paris–Bourges]] : [[2015 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]] ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 6 [[2015 Tour of Qatar|Tour of Qatar]] : 1st Stage 2 [[2015 Arctic Race of Norway|Arctic Race of Norway]] : 2nd [[Velothon Berlin]] : 4th [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Playa de Palma]] : 10th [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos]] ;2016 <small>(3)</small> : 1st [[Paris–Bourges]] : 1st Stage 1 [[2016 Critérium International|Critérium International]] : 2nd [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres]] : 3rd [[2016 Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz|Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz]] : 4th [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Playa de Palma]] : 5th Overall [[Giro di Toscana]] ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall [[2016 Tour of Qatar|Tour of Qatar]] : 8th [[2016 Grand Prix de Fourmies|Grand Prix de Fourmies]] ;2017 <small>(10)</small> : 1st [[Münsterland Giro]] : [[2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]] ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5 : [[2017 Tour of Slovenia|Tour of Slovenia]] ::1st {{cjersey|red}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : [[Czech Cycling Tour]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 3 [[2017 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]] : 2nd [[Down Under Classic]] : 8th [[2017 RideLondon–Surrey Classic|London–Surrey Classic]] : 10th [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]] ;2018 <small>(7)</small> : 1st [[Rund um Köln]] : [[2018 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] ::1st Stages 7, 12 & 21 : [[2018 Presidential Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 6 : 7th [[2018 Eschborn–Frankfurt|Eschborn–Frankfurt]] ;2019 <small>(13)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|ireland}} Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships#Elite/Senior Men|National Road Championships]] : [[2019 BinckBank Tour|BinckBank Tour]] ::1st {{cjersey|red}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : [[2019 Presidential Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : [[2019 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] ::1st Stages 3 & 14 ::Held {{cjersey|green}} after Stages 4–6 : [[2019 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]] ::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 1st Stage 3 [[2019 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]] : 1st Stage 7 [[2019 UAE Tour|UAE Tour]] : 1st Stage 7 [[2019 Vuelta a San Juan|Vuelta a San Juan]] : 2nd [[2019 RideLondon–Surrey Classic|London–Surrey Classic]] : 6th Road race, [[2019 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] : 10th [[Rund um Köln]] ;2020 <small>(7)</small> : 1st [[Race Torquay]] : [[2020 Tour de France|Tour de France]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]] ::1st Stages 10 & 21 : 1st Stage 4 [[2020 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] : 1st Stage 1 [[2020 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]] : 1st Stage 3 [[2020 Tour de Wallonie|Tour de Wallonie]] : 1st Stage 4 [[2020 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]] : 8th [[2020 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]] ;2021 <small>(7)</small> : 1st [[2021 Classic Brugge–De Panne|Classic Brugge–De Panne]] : [[2021 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]] ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : [[2021 UAE Tour|UAE Tour]] ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : [[2021 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd [[2021 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]] ;2022 <small>(3)</small> : 1st [[2022 Eschborn–Frankfurt|Eschborn–Frankfurt]] : [[2022 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ::Held {{cjersey|green}} after Stages 2–7 : 3rd [[2022 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]] : 5th [[2022 European Road Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2022 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] : 5th [[2022 Münsterland Giro|Münsterland Giro]] : 5th [[Rund um Köln]] : 5th [[Ronde van Limburg (Belgium)|Ronde van Limburg]] ;2023 <small>(3)</small> : [[Sibiu Cycling Tour]] ::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification ::1st Stage 1 & 4a : 1st Stage 1 [[2023 Vuelta a San Juan|Vuelta a San Juan]] : 3rd Road race, [[Irish National Cycling Championships|National Road Championships]] ;2024 <small>(5)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|pink}} Overall [[2024 Four Days of Dunkirk|Four Days of Dunkirk]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 6 : 8th Overall [[Région Pays de la Loire Tour]] : 9th Overall [[2024 Tour de la Provence|Tour de la Provence]] ;2025 <small>(4)</small> : [[Région Pays de la Loire Tour]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : [[2025 Tour de la Provence|Tour de la Provence]] ::1st Stages 1 & 3 {{divcolend}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] | — | — | [[2017 Giro d'Italia|158]] | [[2018 Giro d'Italia|112]] | — | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] | [[2015 Tour de France|DNF]] | [[2016 Tour de France|174]] | — | — | — | [[2020 Tour de France|138]] | — | — | — | [[2024 Tour de France|DNF]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] | — | — | — | — | [[2019 Vuelta a España|134]] | [[2020 Vuelta a España|137]] | — | [[2022 Vuelta a España|DNF]] | — | — |}
===Classics results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Monument ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]] | — | [[2015 Milan–San Remo|78]] | [[2016 Milan–San Remo|129]] | [[2017 Milan–San Remo|66]] | — | [[2019 Milan–San Remo|28]] | [[2020 Milan–San Remo|60]] | [[2021 Milan–San Remo|42]] | — | [[2023 Milan–San Remo|DNF]] | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] | [[2014 Tour of Flanders|DNF]] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]] | [[2014 Paris–Roubaix|134]] | — | [[2016 Paris–Roubaix|OTL]] | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=11 rowspan=2|Has not contested during his career |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Giro di Lombardia]] |- ! [[Classic cycle races|Classic]] ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] | — | [[2015 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|19]] | [[2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|DNF]] | [[2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|24]] | [[2018 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|DNF]] | — | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Classic Brugge–De Panne|Brugge–De Panne]] | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=4|Previously a stage race | — | — | — | style="background:gold;" |[[2021 Classic Brugge–De Panne|'''1''']] | [[2022 Classic Brugge–De Panne|17]] | [[2023 Classic Brugge–De Panne|DNF]] | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Gent–Wevelgem]] | [[2014 Gent–Wevelgem|12]] | [[2015 Gent–Wevelgem|DNF]] | — | [[2017 Gent–Wevelgem|17]] | — | — | [[2020 Gent–Wevelgem|DNF]] | [[2021 Gent–Wevelgem|55]] | [[2022 Gent–Wevelgem|106]] | [[2023 Gent–Wevelgem|DNF]] | [[2024 Gent–Wevelgem|DNF]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Scheldeprijs]] | style="background:#ddf;" |[[2014 Scheldeprijs|5]] | [[2015 Scheldeprijs|DNF]] | [[2016 Scheldeprijs|12]] | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |[[2020 Scheldeprijs|8]] | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[2021 Scheldeprijs|'''2''']] | [[2022 Scheldeprijs|13]] | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Eschborn–Frankfurt]] | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2016 Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz|'''3''']] | [[2017 Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz|22]] | style="background:#ddf;" |[[2018 Eschborn–Frankfurt|7]] | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH | — | style="background:gold;" |[[2022 Eschborn–Frankfurt|'''1''']] | [[2023 Eschborn–Frankfurt|69]] | [[2024 Eschborn–Frankfurt|DNF]] |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Hamburg Cyclassics]] | — | [[2015 Vattenfall Cyclassics|113]] | [[2016 EuroEyes Cyclassics|130]] | [[2017 EuroEyes Cyclassics|11]] | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | — | [[2023 Hamburg Cyclassics|DNF]] | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Münsterland Giro]] | — | 11 | — | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | 11 | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |[[2022 Münsterland Giro|5]] | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[Paris–Tours]] | — | [[2015 Paris–Tours|100]] | [[2016 Paris–Tours|15]] | — | — | — | — | — | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2022 Paris–Tours|'''3''']] | — | |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | [[Did not finish]] |- ! scope="row" | IP | In progress |- ! scope="row" | NH | Not held |- ! scope="row" | OTL | Outside of time limit |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Sam Bennett}} * {{UCI}} * {{Cycling Archives}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{CQ Ranking}} * {{CycleBase}} * [http://www.irishcycling.com/web/publish/sundry/QUESTIONS_AND_ANSWERS_WITH_SAM_BENNETT_4442.shtml Irish Cycling Q&A] * [http://www.veloclublapomme.com/ VC la Pomme]
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