# Sam Bennett (cyclist)

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Irish racing cyclist (born 1990)

For other people with the same name, see [Sam Bennett (disambiguation)](/source/Sam_Bennett_(disambiguation)).

Sam Bennett Bennett in 2019. Personal information Full name Sam Bennett Nickname 'Sammy B' Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 35) Wervik, Flanders, Belgium Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1] Team information Current team Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Sprinter Amateur teams 2007–2010 Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille 2009 Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey 2010 Française des Jeux (stagiaire) Professional teams 2011–2013 An Post–Sean Kelly 2014–2019 NetApp–Endura 2020–2021 Deceuninck–Quick-Step[2][3] 2022–2023 Bora–Hansgrohe 2024–2025 Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale 2026– Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Major wins Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2020) 2 individual stages (2020) Giro d'Italia 3 individual stages (2018) Vuelta a España 5 individual stages (2019, 2020, 2022) Stage races Four Days of Dunkirk (2024) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2019) Classic Brugge–De Panne (2021) Eschborn–Frankfurt (2022) Münsterland Giro (2017) Clásica de Almería (2014)

**Sam Bennett** (born 16 October 1990) is an Irish professional cyclist who rides for [UCI WorldTeam](/source/UCI_WorldTeam) [Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team](/source/Pinarello%E2%80%93Q36.5_Pro_Cycling_Team). He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling)) stages: three stages in the [2018 Giro d'Italia](/source/2018_Giro_d'Italia), two stages at the [2019 Vuelta a España](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a), two stages at the [2020 Tour de France](/source/2020_Tour_de_France), where he also won the [Points classification](/source/Points_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France), one stage at the [2020 Vuelta a España](/source/2020_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a), and two stages at the [2022 Vuelta a España](/source/2022_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).

## Early life

Bennett was born in 1990 in [Wervik](/source/Wervik), [Flanders](/source/Flanders), Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club [Eendracht Wervik](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eendracht_Wervik&action=edit&redlink=1). 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](/source/Carrick-on-Suir), the hometown of fellow cyclist [Sean Kelly](/source/Sean_Kelly_(cyclist)).[4][5]

## Career

### Early career

Bennett was head-hunted by [Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille](/source/V%C3%A9lo-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](/source/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](/source/R%C3%A1s_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](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships) in [Sligo](/source/Sligo), aged 19.

### An Post–Sean Kelly (2011–13)

In 2011, Bennett left France and joined Sean Kelly's [An Post–Sean Kelly](/source/An_Post%E2%80%93Chain_Reaction) squad, under the tutelage of manager Kurt Bogaerts. He again won the under-23 road race at the [Irish National Cycling Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships) and also the [Grote Prijs Stad Geel](/source/Grote_Prijs_Stad_Geel), a UCI 1.2 ranked one day race.

The following year he finished tenth in the [under-23 road race](/source/2012_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_under-23_road_race) at the [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2012_UCI_Road_World_Championships) in [Limburg](/source/Limburg_(Netherlands)), and seventh in the under-23 road race at the [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2012_European_Road_Championships).

In 2013 [An Post–Chain Reaction](/source/An_Post%E2%80%93Chain_Reaction) moved up to Professional Continental level; Bennett won two stages in the [Rás Tailteann](/source/R%C3%A1s_Tailteann) – stage 3 into [Listowel](/source/Listowel) and stage 8 in [Skerries](/source/Skerries%2C_County_Dublin) – and stage 5 of the [Tour of Britain](/source/2013_Tour_of_Britain), in which he also took two second places.

### NetApp–Endura (2014–19)

#### 2014 season

Having joined [NetApp–Endura](/source/Red_Bull%E2%80%93Bora%E2%80%93Hansgrohe) in 2014, Bennett took his first professional win at the UCI 1.1 ranked [Clásica de Almería](/source/2014_Cl%C3%A1sica_de_Almer%C3%ADa) and won twice in Germany: the [Rund um Köln](/source/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln) and stage 5 of the 1.HC ranked [Bayern–Rundfahrt](/source/2014_Bayern%E2%80%93Rundfahrt) into [Nuremberg](/source/Nuremberg).

#### 2015 season

The 2015 season began for Bennett at the [Tour of Qatar](/source/2015_Tour_of_Qatar), where he won the final stage, finishing in the [Doha](/source/Doha) Corniche. Bennett won the first and third stages at the [Bayern–Rundfahrt](/source/2015_Bayern%E2%80%93Rundfahrt), allowing him to wear his first professional points classification jersey. Bennett was involved in a mass crash at the end of the [Scheldeprijs](/source/2015_Scheldeprijs).[6] Bennett began the [Tour de France](/source/2015_Tour_de_France) sick, having been diagnosed with a [hernia](/source/Hernia) on his [diaphragm](/source/Thoracic_diaphragm). He completed 16 stages of the race before abandoning. He returned to racing at the [Arctic Race of Norway](/source/2015_Arctic_Race_of_Norway) and won stage 2 into [Setermoen](/source/Setermoen); he finished 2nd in the points classification to [Alexander Kristoff](/source/Alexander_Kristoff). Bennett took his final win of the season at [Paris–Bourges](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Bourges) in a sprint finish.

#### 2016 season

In March 2016, Bennett won the first stage of the [Critérium International](/source/2016_Crit%C3%A9rium_International) in [Corsica](/source/Corsica). Bennett's [Tour de France](/source/2016_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](/source/Lanterne_rouge#Sam_Bennett,_from_red_lantern_2016_to_green_jersey_2020)* – and finishing in the top 10 on the final stage in [Paris](/source/Paris). After recovering from his Tour injuries, Bennett went on to take a stage win at the [Giro di Toscana](/source/Giro_di_Toscana), and won the points classification. The following month, he won his second consecutive [Paris–Bourges](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Bourges).

#### 2017 season

On 7 March 2017, Bennett won Stage 3 of the [Paris–Nice](/source/2017_Paris%E2%80%93Nice).[7] Bennett went on to win 2 stages of the [Tour of Slovenia](/source/Tour_of_Slovenia) in June, and won the points classification. At the [Czech Cycling Tour](/source/Czech_Cycling_Tour), he again won two stages and the points classification jersey. In September, he won the [Münsterland Giro](/source/M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro) in a photo-finish. In October, Bennett won four out of the six stages of the [2017 Tour of Turkey](/source/2017_Presidential_Tour_of_Turkey).[8]

#### 2018 & 2019 seasons

Bennett started the season in the [Tour Down Under](/source/2018_Tour_Down_Under), despite having an illness.[9] He also started in the [Paris–Nice](/source/2018_Paris%E2%80%93Nice), but had to abandon midway through stage 3 due to sickness.[10] At the [Volta a Catalunya](/source/2018_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 [Giro d'Italia](/source/2018_Giro_d'Italia) in [Praia a Mare](/source/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](/source/Autodromo_Internazionale_Enzo_e_Dino_Ferrari) motor racing circuit in [Imola](/source/Imola),[11] and the final stage into [Rome](/source/Rome).[12]

Bennett at the [2019 Paris–Nice](/source/2019_Paris%E2%80%93Nice), where he won two stages.

In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the [Vuelta a España](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a), his first time competing in the [Vuelta a España](/source/Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).[13] On 26 August, he won [Stage 3](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_Stage_1_to_Stage_11).[14] He also won [Stage 14](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_Stage_12_to_Stage_21), and finished in second place on four other stages; he finished third in the [points classification](/source/Points_classification_in_the_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) behind overall contenders [Primož Roglič](/source/Primo%C5%BE_Rogli%C4%8D) and [Tadej Pogačar](/source/Tadej_Poga%C4%8Dar).

### Deceuninck–Quick-Step (2020–21)

In December 2019, Bennett signed a two-year contract with Belgian team [Deceuninck–Quick-Step](/source/Soudal_Quick-Step).[15]

#### 2020 season

He was named in the [team](/source/List_of_teams_and_cyclists_in_the_2020_Tour_de_France) to compete in the [Tour de France](/source/2020_Tour_de_France) and narrowly finished in second place in a sprint finish on [stage 3](/source/2020_Tour_de_France%2C_Stage_1_to_Stage_11).[16] On stage 5, Bennett finished in third place and took the [green jersey](/source/Points_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France), becoming the first Irish rider to lead one of the classifications in the Tour since [Sean Kelly](/source/Sean_Kelly_(cyclist)) won the same jersey in [1989](/source/1989_Tour_de_France). On stage 10, Bennett won his first stage in a sprint finish and also regained the green jersey from [Peter Sagan](/source/Peter_Sagan), its seven-time winner.[17][18] Bennett became the sixth Irish cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France, after [Shay Elliott](/source/Shay_Elliott), Kelly, [Stephen Roche](/source/Stephen_Roche), [Martin Earley](/source/Martin_Earley) and [Dan Martin](/source/Dan_Martin_(cyclist)), and the second, after Elliott, to win a stage in every Grand Tour.[19][20] On 20 September, Bennett won his second stage of the Tour, becoming only the fifth cyclist to win the [final stage](/source/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es_stage_in_the_Tour_de_France) of the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) while wearing the [green jersey](/source/Green_jersey), and the second Irish (and the second from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir[21]) cyclist to win the Green Jersey (after Kelly, who won it 4 times, in [1982](/source/1982_Tour_de_France), [1983](/source/1983_Tour_de_France), [1985](/source/1985_Tour_de_France), and 1989).[22][23][24]

He won [Stage 4](/source/2020_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_Stage_1_to_Stage_9) of the [Vuelta a España](/source/2020_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).[25][26] 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](/source/Pascal_Ackermann).[27] 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](/source/2018_Giro_d'Italia) and the 2020 Tour de France.[28][29]

#### 2021 season

Bennett missed the [2021 Tour de France](/source/2021_Tour_de_France) due to a knee injury.[30][31]

### Bora–Hansgrohe

In August 2021, Bennett was announced to be rejoining [Bora–Hansgrohe](/source/Red_Bull%E2%80%93Bora%E2%80%93Hansgrohe) on a two-year contract, along with his teammate [Shane Archbold](/source/Shane_Archbold).[32]

Bennett was not part of the [Bora–Hansgrohe](/source/2022_Bora%E2%80%93Hansgrohe_season) team that took part in the [2022 Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France).[33] In August, Bennett won the [second and third stages](/source/2022_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a%2C_Stage_1_to_Stage_11) of the [2022 Vuelta a España](/source/2022_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) in two sprint finishes. He became the second Irish rider to win at least 10 stages in Grand Tours after [Sean Kelly](/source/Sean_Kelly_(cyclist)).[34]

### Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale (2024–2025)

In November 2023, Bennett signed with the [Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale](/source/Decathlon_CMA_CGM_Team) team for 2024.[35]

#### 2024 season

In May he won the [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/2024_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.[36]

### Pinarello-Q36.5 (2026)

In November 2025, Bennett signed with the [Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team](/source/Pinarello%E2%80%93Q36.5_Pro_Cycling_Team) team for 2026.

## Career achievements

### Major results

**2008**
- 1st Points race, [UEC European Junior Track Championships](/source/2008_UEC_European_Track_Championships)

- 1st Road race, [National Junior Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships)

- 1st Martin Donnelly Junior Tour[37]

**2009**
- 1st Alleins GP[38]

- 1st Stage 7 [Rás Tailteann](/source/R%C3%A1s_Tailteann)

- 5th Road race, [National Under-23 Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships)

**2010**
- 1st Road race, [National Under-23 Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships)

- 1st Stage 4 [Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour](/source/Alpes_Is%C3%A8re_Tour)

- 7th Grand Prix de Vougy

- 8th Dijon–Auxonne–Dijon

**2011**
- [National Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships) - 1st Under-23 road race - 5th Road race

- 1st [Grote Prijs Stad Geel](/source/Grote_Prijs_Stad_Geel)

**2012**
- 3rd [Ronde van Noord-Holland](/source/Ronde_van_Noord-Holland)

- 7th Road race, [UEC European Under-23 Road Championships](/source/2012_European_Road_Championships)

- 8th [Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem](/source/Egmont_Cycling_Race)

- 10th [Road race](/source/2012_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_under-23_road_race), [UCI Under-23 Road World Championships](/source/2012_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

**2013 (1 pro win)**
- 1st Overall Suir Valley 3 Day

- [Rás Tailteann](/source/R%C3%A1s_Tailteann) - 1st Stages 3 & 8

- 1st Stage 5 [Tour of Britain](/source/2013_Tour_of_Britain)

- 4th [Schaal Sels](/source/Schaal_Sels)

- 4th [Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren](/source/Kernen_Omloop_Echt-Susteren)

- 7th [Dutch Food Valley Classic](/source/Arnhem%E2%80%93Veenendaal_Classic)

- 10th [Omloop van het Waasland](/source/Omloop_van_het_Waasland)

**2014 (3)**
- 1st [Clásica de Almería](/source/2014_Cl%C3%A1sica_de_Almer%C3%ADa)

- 1st [Rund um Köln](/source/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln)

- [Bayern–Rundfahrt](/source/2014_Bayern%E2%80%93Rundfahrt) - 1st Sprints classification - 1st Stage 5

- 2nd [ProRace Berlin](/source/Velothon_Berlin)

- 5th [Scheldeprijs](/source/2014_Scheldeprijs)

- 6th [RideLondon–Surrey Classic](/source/2014_RideLondon%E2%80%93Surrey_Classic)

**2015 (5)**
- 1st [Paris–Bourges](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Bourges)

- [Bayern–Rundfahrt](/source/2015_Bayern%E2%80%93Rundfahrt) - 1st Stages 1 & 3

- 1st Stage 6 [Tour of Qatar](/source/2015_Tour_of_Qatar)

- 1st Stage 2 [Arctic Race of Norway](/source/2015_Arctic_Race_of_Norway)

- 2nd [Velothon Berlin](/source/Velothon_Berlin)

- 4th [Trofeo Playa de Palma](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 10th [Trofeo Santanyi-SesSalines-Campos](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

**2016 (3)**
- 1st [Paris–Bourges](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Bourges)

- 1st Stage 1 [Critérium International](/source/2016_Crit%C3%A9rium_International)

- 2nd [Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 3rd [Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz](/source/2016_Eschborn%E2%80%93Frankfurt_%E2%80%93_Rund_um_den_Finanzplatz)

- 4th [Trofeo Playa de Palma](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- 5th Overall [Giro di Toscana](/source/Giro_di_Toscana) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stage 2

- 7th Overall [Tour of Qatar](/source/2016_Tour_of_Qatar)

- 8th [Grand Prix de Fourmies](/source/2016_Grand_Prix_de_Fourmies)

**2017 (10)**
- 1st [Münsterland Giro](/source/M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

- [Tour of Turkey](/source/2017_Presidential_Tour_of_Turkey) - 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5

- [Tour of Slovenia](/source/2017_Tour_of_Slovenia) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 4

- [Czech Cycling Tour](/source/Czech_Cycling_Tour) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4

- 1st Stage 3 [Paris–Nice](/source/2017_Paris%E2%80%93Nice)

- 2nd [Down Under Classic](/source/Down_Under_Classic)

- 8th [London–Surrey Classic](/source/2017_RideLondon%E2%80%93Surrey_Classic)

- 10th [Grand Prix of Aargau Canton](/source/Grand_Prix_of_Aargau_Canton)

**2018 (7)**
- 1st [Rund um Köln](/source/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln)

- [Giro d'Italia](/source/2018_Giro_d'Italia) - 1st Stages 7, 12 & 21

- [Tour of Turkey](/source/2018_Presidential_Tour_of_Turkey) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 2, 3 & 6

- 7th [Eschborn–Frankfurt](/source/2018_Eschborn%E2%80%93Frankfurt)

**2019 (13)**
- 1st Road race, [National Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships#Elite/Senior_Men)

- [BinckBank Tour](/source/2019_BinckBank_Tour) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

- [Tour of Turkey](/source/2019_Presidential_Tour_of_Turkey) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 2

- [Vuelta a España](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) - 1st Stages 3 & 14 - Held after Stages 4–6

- [Paris–Nice](/source/2019_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) - 1st Stages 3 & 6

- 1st Stage 3 [Critérium du Dauphiné](/source/2019_Crit%C3%A9rium_du_Dauphin%C3%A9)

- 1st Stage 7 [UAE Tour](/source/2019_UAE_Tour)

- 1st Stage 7 [Vuelta a San Juan](/source/2019_Vuelta_a_San_Juan)

- 2nd [London–Surrey Classic](/source/2019_RideLondon%E2%80%93Surrey_Classic)

- 6th Road race, [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2019_European_Road_Championships)

- 10th [Rund um Köln](/source/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln)

**2020 (7)**
- 1st [Race Torquay](/source/Race_Torquay)

- [Tour de France](/source/2020_Tour_de_France) - 1st [Points classification](/source/Points_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) - 1st Stages 10 & 21

- 1st Stage 4 [Vuelta a España](/source/2020_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a)

- 1st Stage 1 [Tour Down Under](/source/2020_Tour_Down_Under)

- 1st Stage 3 [Tour de Wallonie](/source/2020_Tour_de_Wallonie)

- 1st Stage 4 [Vuelta a Burgos](/source/2020_Vuelta_a_Burgos)

- 8th [Scheldeprijs](/source/2020_Scheldeprijs)

**2021 (7)**
- 1st [Classic Brugge–De Panne](/source/2021_Classic_Brugge%E2%80%93De_Panne)

- [Paris–Nice](/source/2021_Paris%E2%80%93Nice) - 1st Stages 1 & 5

- [UAE Tour](/source/2021_UAE_Tour) - 1st Stages 4 & 6

- [Volta ao Algarve](/source/2021_Volta_ao_Algarve) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3

- 2nd [Scheldeprijs](/source/2021_Scheldeprijs)

**2022 (3)**
- 1st [Eschborn–Frankfurt](/source/2022_Eschborn%E2%80%93Frankfurt)

- [Vuelta a España](/source/2022_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) - 1st Stages 2 & 3 - Held after Stages 2–7

- 3rd [Paris–Tours](/source/2022_Paris%E2%80%93Tours)

- 5th [Road race](/source/2022_European_Road_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_race), [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2022_European_Road_Championships)

- 5th [Münsterland Giro](/source/2022_M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

- 5th [Rund um Köln](/source/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln)

- 5th [Ronde van Limburg](/source/Ronde_van_Limburg_(Belgium))

**2023 (3)**
- [Sibiu Cycling Tour](/source/Sibiu_Cycling_Tour) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stage 1 & 4a

- 1st Stage 1 [Vuelta a San Juan](/source/2023_Vuelta_a_San_Juan)

- 3rd Road race, [National Road Championships](/source/Irish_National_Cycling_Championships)

**2024 (5)**
- 1st Overall [Four Days of Dunkirk](/source/2024_Four_Days_of_Dunkirk) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 6

- 8th Overall [Région Pays de la Loire Tour](/source/R%C3%A9gion_Pays_de_la_Loire_Tour)

- 9th Overall [Tour de la Provence](/source/2024_Tour_de_la_Provence)

**2025 (4)**
- [Région Pays de la Loire Tour](/source/R%C3%A9gion_Pays_de_la_Loire_Tour) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3

- [Tour de la Provence](/source/2025_Tour_de_la_Provence) - 1st Stages 1 & 3

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Giro d'Italia — — 158 112 — — — — — — Tour de France DNF 174 — — — 138 — — — DNF Vuelta a España — — — — 134 137 — DNF — —

### Classics results timeline

Monument 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Milan–San Remo — 78 129 66 — 28 60 42 — DNF — Tour of Flanders DNF — — — — — — — — — — Paris–Roubaix 134 — OTL — — — NH — — — — Liège–Bastogne–Liège Has not contested during his career Giro di Lombardia Classic 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — 19 DNF 24 DNF — — — — — — Brugge–De Panne Previously a stage race — — — 1 17 DNF — Gent–Wevelgem 12 DNF — 17 — — DNF 55 106 DNF DNF Scheldeprijs 5 DNF 12 — — — 8 2 13 — — Eschborn–Frankfurt — NH 3 22 7 — NH — 1 69 DNF Hamburg Cyclassics — 113 130 11 — — NH — DNF Münsterland Giro — 11 — 1 11 — — — 5 — Paris–Tours — 100 15 — — — — — 3 —

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress NH Not held OTL Outside of time limit

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BORA_-_hansgrohe_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BORA_-_hansgrohe_1-1) ["BORA – hansgrohe"](https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/de/rider/sam-bennett/797401). Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Bennett describes QuickStep move as a 'dream come true'"](https://www.the42.ie/bennett-quickstep-move-4917219-Dec2019/). *The 42*. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Bennett agonisingly beaten on the line again as wait for Tour de France win goes on"](https://www.the42.ie/tour-de-france-third-stage-sam-bennett-5191816-Aug2020/). *The 42*. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-RTE2020-09-21-01COS_21-0)** ["Sean Kelly: Sam Bennett delivered on the potential he always had with Tour de France green jersey"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2020/0920/1166397-kelly-bennetts-green-jersey-crucial-for-irish-cycling/). [RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020. 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.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Sam Bennett takes final stage and wins Ireland's 1st Tour de France green jersey in 31 years"](https://www.the42.ie/sam-bennett-11-5210289-Sep2020/). *The 42*. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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v t e Riders on Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Xabier Azparren Matteo Badilatti Sjoerd Bax Sam Bennett Walter Calzoni Marcel Camprubí Fabio Christen Aimé De Gendt David de la Cruz Mark Donovan Eddie Dunbar Frederik Frison Thomas Gloag David González Chris Harper Quinten Hermans Emmanuel Houcou Damien Howson Emīls Liepiņš Kamil Małecki Xandro Meurisse Matteo Moschetti Nicolò Parisini Joe Pidcock Tom Pidcock Milan Vader Brent Van Moer Harm Vanhoucke Fred Wright Nickolas Zukowsky Manager: Douglas Ryder

v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon 1920–1939 1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal 1940–1959 1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat 1960–1978 1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière 1979–1999 1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand 2000–2019 2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld 2020–2039 2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish 2025: Simone Consonni

v t e Tour de France points classification winners 1953: Fritz Schär 1954: Ferdinand Kübler 1955–1956: Stan Ockers 1957: Jean Forestier 1958: Jean Graczyk 1959: André Darrigade 1960: Jean Graczyk 1961: André Darrigade 1962: Rudi Altig 1963: Rik Van Looy 1964–1965: Jan Janssen 1966: Willy Planckaert 1967: Jan Janssen 1968: Franco Bitossi 1969: Eddy Merckx 1970: Walter Godefroot 1971–1972: Eddy Merckx 1973: Herman Vanspringel 1974: Patrick Sercu 1975: Rik Van Linden 1976: Freddy Maertens 1977: Jacques Esclassan 1978: Freddy Maertens 1979: Bernard Hinault 1980: Rudy Pevenage 1981: Freddy Maertens 1982–1983: Sean Kelly 1984: Frank Hoste 1985: Sean Kelly 1986: Eric Vanderaerden 1987: Jean-Paul van Poppel 1988: Eddy Planckaert 1989: Sean Kelly 1990: Olaf Ludwig 1991: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1992: Laurent Jalabert 1993–1994: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov 1995: Laurent Jalabert 1996–2001: Erik Zabel 2002: Robbie McEwen 2003: Baden Cooke 2004: Robbie McEwen 2005: Thor Hushovd 2006: Robbie McEwen 2007: Tom Boonen 2008: Óscar Freire 2009: Thor Hushovd 2010: Alessandro Petacchi 2011: Mark Cavendish 2012–2016: Peter Sagan 2017: Michael Matthews 2018–2019: Peter Sagan 2020: Sam Bennett 2021: Mark Cavendish 2022: Wout van Aert 2023: Jasper Philipsen 2024: Biniam Girmay 2025: Jonathan Milan

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