Sam Bennett: 'The pressure to win smaller races will make me a better rider'

Bora-Hansgrohe sprinter hopes experience of being a favourite will help him at Grand Tours

Sam Bennett celebrates after winning stage three of Paris-Nice

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) enjoys going into the smaller as the sprint favourite because he says it will make him a better rider for the upcoming 2018 season and Grand Tours.

The Irish cyclist won the first stage of the Tour of Turkey on Tuesday, and hopes that the responsibility of being favourite should stand him in good stead when he returns to the Grand Tours with Bora-Hansgrohe in 2018.

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