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Former ski jumper flying to new heights at Tour de France with support from Kiwi – Stuff.co.nz
With a whopping 40 career victories under his belt, George Bennett said he would have felt like “a bit of a d…” had he demanded a leadership role over the pre-race favourite.
With a whopping 40 career victories under his belt, George Bennett said he would have felt like a bit of a d had he demanded a leadership role over Primoz Roglic heading into the Tour de France.
Although Bennett was in the form of his life after backing up his Gran Piemonte triumph with a second place finish at Il Lombardia, the Kiwi climber was willing to concede that Roglic, the winner of Wednesdays (NZT) fourth stage, was Jumbo-Vismas best chance of winning the yellow jersey.
He even went…
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