Sam Bennett wins Bayern Rundfahrt stage three to regain lead
Irishman two seconds ahead of Nacer Bouhanni overall
Last Updated: 19/05/15 1:49pm
Ireland’s Sam Bennett sprinted to his second win in three days and third of the season on stage three of Bayern Rundfahrt in Germany on Friday.
The Bora-Argon 18 rider beat Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) into second place and Ramunas Navardauskas (Cannondale-Garmin) into third in Ebern.
Bennett picked up 10 bonus seconds for his win and consequently moves back to the top of the general classification, two seconds ahead of second-placed Bouhanni and three seconds ahead of third-placed former leader John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin).
The five-day race continues on Saturday with a 26.1km individual time trial in Hassfurt on stage four.
Stage three result
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18, 4:59:33
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, same time
3 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltn) Cannondale-Garmin, st
4 Enrique Sanz (Esp) Movistar, st
5 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling, st
General classification
1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18, 14:54:58
2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, +2secs
3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Alpecin, +3
4 Jonas Koch (Ger) Rad-Net Rose Team, +14
5 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha, +15
