Carrick On Suirs Sam Bennett is about to achieve a monumental feet in claiming the green jersey at the Tour De France.
Having battled for three weeks across mountains and plains in Europe he's about to be crowned as the best sprinter in the world.
Going into the tour the battle was teed up between Bennett and his ex-team mate Peter Sagan - who has won 7 green jerseys on the Tour, but the Irish National Champion has proven to be too good for the Slovakian throughout.
Taking the Green jersey early on through some dogged work in the intermediate sprints, he later coughed the jersey up to his biggest rival - but having taken his first stage victory shortly after, the Carrick man once again claimed the green and has not let it go since.
There's been hard work from his team mates throughout and none more so than during the heavy mountain stages where category 1 climbs posed a real challenge.
With the clock ticking on the start of the ceremonial final stage - the last job of work to be attended is the small matter of a likely bunch sprint on the Champs-Élysées in the heart of Paris.
WATCH: While @Sammmy_Be wears green in the French mountains, his father Michael joined @Nigelgkelly on Zoom to talk about his sons achievements so far pic.twitter.com/6mSiIXWuQo
— WLR (@wlrfm) September 11, 2020
The 17th Stage of the Tour de France continues today. Following yesterday's stage, Carrick's Sam Bennett holds a 45 point lead over Peter Sagan for the green jersey. 💚
Watch Sam's former trainer Paul Lonergan from the @Carrickwheelers discuss his success so far right here: pic.twitter.com/d1biCpKrPg— WLR (@wlrfm) September 16, 2020
Sam Bennett holds a 52 point lead in the green jersey with just three stages remaining of this year’s Tour de France.💚Watch Leslie O'Donnell from Carrick Road Club talk to @Nigelgkelly about Sam in the early days. pic.twitter.com/AYNmNvE4Dp
— WLR (@wlrfm) September 17, 2020
Tomorrow, Sam Bennett will roll into Paris wearing the green jersey
Here's his uncle Vinny to explain what it means to the Bennett family#WLRSport with @VirginMediaIE pic.twitter.com/ixtKZCTn8X— WLR (@wlrfm) September 19, 2020
T-minus four hours until the final stage of The Tour De France - Carrick On Suir's Sam Bennett will roll into Paris wearing the green jersey. You can hear his wife Tara speak about what it means to her and what the support from home means to Sam#WLRSport with @VirginMediaIE pic.twitter.com/uDndXcVhs0
— WLR (@wlrfm) September 20, 2020
Aaron Kearney is a pro cyclist with @EvoPro_Racing who has trained and raced with Sam Bennett
He stopped up during his training spin to talk about the Carrick man and his success in France pic.twitter.com/FX8oymyYDP— WLR (@wlrfm) September 20, 2020
