Sam Bennett loses Vuelta stage win to Ackermann after shoulder barge
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Irish rider relegated after combative bunch sprint
‘After all the crashes, we have to take care of the other guys’
The German rider Pascal Ackermann won stage nine of the Vuelta a España on Thursday despite finishing second behind the Irishman Sam Bennett, who was relegated for shoulder barging an opponent twice in a highly disputed end to the race.
Bennett edged out Ackermann in the bunch sprint at the end of the flat 157km stage from Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo and celebrated as he crossed the line but the victory was snatched away as footage showed him barging Trek-Segafredo’s Latvian rider Emils Liepins. Continue reading...
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