Bennett Eyes Retention Of Green Jersey Going forward

He's back on the road this afternoon after his stage win yesterday.

After completing his collection of Grand Tour stage wins yesterday, Sam Bennett is back on the road today. 

The eleventh stage of the Tour de France takes the peloton on a 167 kilometre trek to Poitiers. 

It's the same town where Bennett's fellow Carrick-on-Suir native Sean Kelly won his first Tour stage in 1978. 

Bennett holds a 24-point lead over Peter Sagan in the race for the green jersey. 

Former Ireland U23 team member Graham O'Brien from Shannonside Cycling Club says Bennett is a very popular winner on tour:

Primoz Roglic wears the overall leader's yellow jersey. 

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