Bennett hoping for Swiss success

The Tour of Romandie gets underway today with Carrick on Suir’s Sam Bennett hoping to add to his tally of wins this season.

The Bora-hansgrohe sprinter has tasted success in stages of Paris – Nice, the Tour of Turkey and Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina this year.

This afternoons opening stage in Switzerland is a 3.9 kilometre prologue – the race finishes in Geneva on Sunday.