Champs-Élysées win puts Sam Bennett in a class of his own

Though Sean Kelly won four green jerseys, Erik Zabel six, and Peter Sagan seven, not one of them ever won on the Champs-Élysées

Sam Bennett celebrates his green jersey win on the podium. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Twelve months ago Sam Bennett was the winningest rider in the professional peloton and the standout sprinter in a sport stacked with fastmen, but he was far from content.

He was controversially overlooked for both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, and it became painfully obvious that despite 11 wins, he was the third-choice sprinter at Bora-Hansgrohe in 2019.