The 30-year-old was pictured throwing up while nonetheless using his bike during the grueling occasion, which runs 247 kilometers by way of an unforgiving mixture of terrain in Belgium, offering proof of simply how laborious the game of biking could be.
The Deceuninck-QuickStep rider got here into the race off the again of victory within the Classic Brugge-De Panne and had been preserving tempo with the main group earlier than his dietary consumption got here again to hang-out him.
“I also made a mistake, as I ate a lot during the race so I didn’t want to run out of fuel, but I overdid it and had too much in my stomach inside the final hour of racing, which everybody could see when I threw up.
“Because of this and the hassle I put in during the day, it simply occurred and I ended up going from one excessive to a different, as after this I used to be fully empty and had no extra vitality left.”
‘I’ll learn from this’
Bennett had the courtesy to slightly retreat from the breakaway group to be sick a number of times but somehow found the energy to get back amongst the leaders.
But with just 16km left to go, the race ultimately proved too much for the Irishman as he opted to cruise his way to the finish line, ending the race 55th overall.
“Sam Bennett raced three instances within the final Eight days, overlaying 751km, or 467 miles, successful one, puncturing in a single, and throwing up in one other after being a part of the breakaway group for over 150km. Tough sport,” tweeted Irish Times journalist Ian O’Riordan.
“I used to be actually hoping I may get outcome, however it’s as it’s and it isn’t one thing I may anticipate,” he said, adding that he hoped to come back stronger next year.
“As I mentioned, it is my fault however I’ll study from this and take solely the great issues from this race.”
Belgium’s Wout van Aert was the eventual winner of the race after out sprinting six other men for the finish line.
