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On January 21 2020 Sam Bennett outsprinted the rest of the peloton to claim the first WorldTour stage victory of the season at the Tour Down Under.

Bennett would have no doubt been delighted to pick up a win at the first attempt for his new Deceuninck - Quick-Step team, and won't have been the only rider resplendent in new kit below the Australian sun, glad to have escaped the depths of European winter. Three months on, the season lies in tatters.

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