Irishman Sam Bennett powered to his first Grand Tour stage victory on day seven of the Giro d’Italia in Praia a Mare, Italy, today.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett took his first Grand Tour stage win on day seven of the Giro d’Italia in Praia a Mare today. Pictured here are riders during stage six of the tour. Photo: Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse
The Bora–Hansgrohe rider came out of the chasing peloton, slipped on to Italian Elia Viviani’s (Quick-Step Floors) wheel and surged past to finish the stage first in 3:45:27.
Viviani completed the 159km stage from Pizzo in second with fellow countryman Niccolo Bonifazio (Bahrain-Merida) in third.
Britain’s Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) retains the maglia rosa with a time of 26:31:30. Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) follows at 0:16 and Columbian Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) at 0:26.
The results were as follows.
Stage seven
1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:45:27
2. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
3. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
4. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
5. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
6. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
7. Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
9. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) BMC Racing Team
10. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Fix All
*Selected
14. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
71. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
84. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:00:25
117. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 26:31:30
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:16
3. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott +0:26
4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:43
5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ +0:45
6. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +0:53
7. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +1:03
8. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +1:10
9. George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo +1:11
10. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates +1:12
*Selected
26. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data +0:04:34
66. Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +0:20:45
72. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +0:23:13
146. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +0:45:01
