Brilliant Bennett revels in finally grabbing second Rás stage victory

Carrick-on-Suir sprinter Sam Bennett delivered the An Post Chain Reaction team’s second stage win of this year’s An Post Rás when he outgunned Dane Morten Ollegaard (Blue Water Cycling), Polish rider Marcin Bialablocki (Team UK Youth) and the rest of the peloton in a mass bunch sprint to the line at the end of stage three in Listowel yesterday.

Having burst onto the international scene in 2009 as an 18-year-old with his first ever Rás stage win, the second one has been a long time coming for the now 22-year-old.

Yesterday, he had his whole team to thank for a perfect lead out in the final kilometre which gave him a free run to the line in Listowel and saw him show a clean pair of wheels to the rest of the chasers.