Cyclist George Bennett's been inadvertently caught up in an accident that took former winner Richie Porte  out on stage one of the Paris-Nice  classic
	Cyclist George Bennett's been inadvertently caught up in an accident that took former winner Richie Porte  out on stage one of the Paris-Nice  classic
    
	
    
	
	8 March 2021 
		
		
        
	
Another rider dropped his water bottle which hit Bennett, forcing him off-line and into Porte whose front wheel slipped out.
Porte tried to carry on racing but pulled out and is set to have an X-ray and MRI scan on an injured pelvis.
Sam Bennett sprinted to victory, with domestique Patrick Bevin 30th and Bennett eventually trekked home in 56th.
	
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