Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) has confirmed that he will now move towards a much bigger focus on the green jersey in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España after taking a se♉cond straight sprint stage even before the race had left Holland.

Bennett recognised that there is still almost all of the race left to go, but his 168澳洲5最新꧃开奖结果:two wins out of two opening road stages have now given him an impressive total of 117 points compared to 80 for Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo). Pascal Ack𝓰ermann (UAE Team Emirates) is now a distant third, with 34 points.

Bennett’s next opportunity for a bunch sprint will likely come on stage 7 to Cistierna, although the lengthy first category climb mid-way through could well split the peloton apart. But there are plenty of mid-stage sprints whicಞh could benefit him in a bid for the point✤s competition.

Meanwhile, Bora-Hansgrohe celebrated a memorably successful Sunday with two WorldTour wins out of two, as Marco Haller won the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:BEMER Cyclassics in Germany and the �🌠�Irishman, with his uneven first half of the season fading quickly in the rear mirror, claimed his second Vuelta stage victory in 24 hours.

“There is a long way to go, anything can happen, but we want the sprint jersey ... and we will start🔯 to commit more to 💯look at points," Bennett said.

“We have two s༺tages now, so we can make bigger decisions on when to take points and when to leave them. Hopefully we ca𓆉n compete for the green - that would be really nice.”

Just as on Saturday at Utrecht, Bennett once again paid fulsome tribute to his teammates, thankin▨g them for “doing a perfect job," he said.

"Danny [Van Poppel] always gets me there, and I’m really happy too, that I could finish it off. There were lots of accelerations, so many corners, I just wasn’t sure if I could because my legs were feeling dead. But I got theಌre𝄹.”

Asked if he could say if he was🌠 now ‘there’ for the sprints, having said on Saturday that there was still some room for improvement, Bennett smiled and answered simply “he’s on his way.”