Sam Bennett will begin Monday’s second stage of the Presidential Tour of Turkey hoping for a finale which better suits him than Sunday’s opener. The Irish sprinter is at the race chasing what would be his first victory of 2022, but lacked the climbing sharpness needed in the closing kilometres of Sunday’s opening stage to Kusadasi.
Bennett’s Bora-hansgrohe teammates, such as Irish national champion Ryan Mullen, were aiming to set him up for the bunch finish, but Bennett was one of several riders who lost pace on the final climb of the day, a steep 2km drag followed by a 1½-kilometre downhi …
- April 11, 2022
