Sam Bennett (cyclist)

For other people with the same name, see Sam Bennett (disambiguation).

Sam Bennett
Bennett in 2019.
Personal information
Full nameSam Bennett
Nickname'Sammy B'
Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 34)
Wervik, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamDecathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2007–2010Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
2009Carrick Wheelers Dan Morrissey
2010Française des Jeux (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2011–2013An Post–Sean Kelly
2014–2019NetApp–Endura
2020–2021Deceuninck–Quick-Step[2][3]
2022–2023Bora–Hansgrohe
2024–Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
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 Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale. He is a road sprinter who turned professional in 2011. He has won ten 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, one stage at the 2020 Vuelta a España, and two stages at the 2022 Vuelta a España.

  1. ^ a b "BORA – hansgrohe". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.