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RSS FeedsSam Bennett: I love Bora but I`m not satisfied with missing the Giro
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

12 december 2018 04:14:51

 
Sam Bennett: I love Bora but I`m not satisfied with missing the Giro
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Sam Bennett has shared his disappointment after being told by his Bora-Hansgrohe team that he will not be selected for next yearīs Giro dīItalia. The Irish sprinter won three stages in the 2018 race and had hoped to return in 2019. However with Peter Sagan set to ride the Tour de France in July, the Bora-Hansgrohe management have decided to send German national champion Pascal Ackermann to the Giro dīItalia, with Bennett likely to race the Vuelta a Espana later in the year. At this weekīs Bora-Hansgrohe training camp in Mallorca, Bennett questioned the teamīs decision and suggested that they were sending Ackermann to the Italian Grand Tour in order to please the teamīs German sponsors, a point his team manager, Ralph Denk, denied.ADVERTISEMENT `Iīm not satisfied with the race programme for next season. Thereīs no Giro and Iīm not doing it. In my last twelve sprints there I was never outside of the top three. I won three stages, I know how to perform there and I know the race. When I signed my last contract I knew that the Tour de France might not be an option but I thought Iīd be doing the Giro. Itīs a bit of a knock and I think `what have I done wrong?ī` Bennett told Cyclingnews. `Iīm not going to get a Tour de France spot and the Giro is out of the question. Thereīs the Vuelta but I want to compete with the best sprinters. Maybe this will bring great things. Maybe they want me to do the Vuelta. Iīll keep my head and keep racing. Iīll be professional but itīs hard because it took me so many years to get to where I am. I feel like Iīm almost punished. I deserve it [to do the Giro - ed], I deserve it. Thereīs no doubt about it. How many people could consistently compete with Elia Viviani this year? I was able to handle him. I canīt do anymore.` Bennett has been part of the German team since the days of NetAppīs sponsorship, and like the team he has developed and improved each season. The 2018 campaign was his best to date with the 28-year-old winning his mai ...


 
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