Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett claimed his second straight stage win when he took the spoils on stage three of the Tour of Turkey in Marmaris today.
The Irishman completed the 137.2km stage in 3:16:27, beating Quick-Step Floors’ Maximiliano Richeze and Trek-Segafredo’s John Degenkolb to the line.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett, pictured here after winning stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia this year, claimed his second straight stage win when he took the spoils on stage three of the Tour of Turkey today. Photo: Photo: Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse
Bennett retained his race lead, 10 seconds clear of Richeze.
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Stage three
1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:16:27
2. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
3. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
4. Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
5. Ahmet Orken (Tur) Turkey
6. Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
7. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
8. Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
9. Prezemyslaw Kasperkiewicz
10. Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
General classification
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 10:09:52
2 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:10
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:22
4 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
5 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:00:23
6 Fernando Orjuela Gutierrez (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:00:25
7 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:26
8 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
9 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
10 Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
