Sam Bennett misses out on selection for Tour de France 

MISSING OUT: Ireland's Sam Bennett has been left out of his team for the Tour de France. Pic: Bas Czerwinski / AFP

Ireland’s Sam Bennett has been left out of the Bora-Hansgrohe eight-man roster for this year’s Tour de France which gets underway in Copenhagen on Friday.

The 31-year old Irishman will be bitterly disappointed at that development as the team opted instead to build a squad around their General Classification hopeful Aleksandr Vlasov.