Bennet pleased with Tour de France performance

Tipperary's Sam Bennett is pleased he managed to keep in touch with the peloton during yesterday's stage of the Tour de France.

The Carrick-on-Suir man sustained shoulder and finger injures after crashing during the opening day of the famous race but was cleared for action by medics

The Bora Argon 18 rider says his performance on stage 3 suggests he's getting better.

Dan Martin starts in 10th place overall going into today's fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Martin is just 14 seconds off the lead ahead of today's marathon 237-kilometre trek from Saumur to Limoges.