Background
Bennett was born in Wervik, Belgium, where his father Michael played professional soccer for local club Eendracht Wervik.
Bennett was born in Wervik, Belgium, where his father Michael played professional soccer for local club Eendracht Wervik.
Bennett finished the 2011 season ranked 293rd on the UCI Europe Tour with 55 ranking points.
He currently rides for Bora–Argon 18. Early career
In 2012, he had several fine results including three top 10 stage results at the Tour of Britain and a third place at Ronde van Noord. The results helped Bennett to a 2012 UCI Europe Tour final rank of 267th with 57 points.
2013 season
After several positive results in late summer, he was selected to represent Ireland at the 2013 World Road Race Championships along with Dan Martin, Nicolas Roche and Matt Brammeier.
Prior to the World Championships, he contested the Tour of Britain as part of the An Post–Chain Reaction team He finished second to MTN–Qhubeka"s Gerald Ciolek on the second stage into Kendal, having attacked on a 15% climb around 400 m (1,300 ft) from the finish, before being passed by Ciolek on the final straight.
He ended the tour with a second-place finish in stage eight, losing to Mark Cavendish in London. 2015 season
Bennett was involved in a mass crash at the end of the 2015 edition of Scheldeprijs.
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.