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BEIJING, Oct 4, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s 2008 Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez has declined the opportunity to compete in the Tour of Beijing wearing the number one jersey, preferring instead [...]
ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 22, 2011 (AFP) – Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez put a silver lining on his Tour de France campaign by virtually securing the race’s King of the [...]
by Justin Davis LUZ ARDIDEN, France, July 14, 2011 (AFP) – The last time Samuel Sanchez fought so hard to hold back his emotions on a major podium was at [...]
LUZ ARDIDEN, France, July 14, 2011 (AFP) – Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel claimed his maiden Tour de France stage victory on the 211km 12th stage from Cugnaux to [...]
Written by Justin Davis (AFP) LUZ ARDIDEN, France, July 14, 2011 – Embattled champion Alberto Contador lost more time to his key yellow jersey rivals on Thursday as Olympic champion [...]
LAVAUR, France, July 13, 2011 (AFP) – Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez says he is hoping to put his disappointing start to the Tour de France behind him with a stage [...]
MADRID, June 21, 2011 (AFP) – Spain’s 2008 road race Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez will attempt to improve on last year’s fourth placing in the Tour de France when he [...]
MADRID, April 7, 2011 (AFP) – Euskaltel’s Samuel Sanchez timed a final sprint to perfection to win the hilly fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday. [...]
Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, Russian Denis Menchov, and Spain’s Samuel Sanchez will be the three favorites for the 57th edition of the Cycling Tour of Andalucia, the Ruta del Sol, [...]
Spain will send a 10-member team to the UCI Road World Championships in Australia next month led by three-time world champion Oscar Freire, the coach announced Thursday. Spain, which heads [...]
Written by: Denholm Barnetson MADRID – The third and final Grand Tour of the season gets underway in Spain on Saturday, with several leading riders eying their chances amid the [...]
Spain’s Samuel Sanchez of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team won the Tour of Burgos in northern Spain on Sunday after sprinting to victory in the fifth and final stage. The Olympic road [...]
MADRID – Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez claimed the first classic success of his career when he sprinted to victory in the San Sebastian Classic on Saturday. In the absence of [...]
COL DU TOURMALET, France – Spaniard Alberto Contador took a huge step towards a third yellow jersey triumph after matching a series of attacks from Andy Schleck on the Tour [...]
COL DU TOURMALET, France – Spaniard Samuel Sanchez’s hopes of a podium finish on the Tour de France were almost scuppered after a crash early in the final mountain stage [...]
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France- Podium rivals Samuel Sanchez of Spain and Russian Denis Menchov boosted their hopes of a Tour de France podium finish after a thrilling end to the race’s 15th [...]
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France – Alberto Contador signaled his yellow jersey intentions in defiant style after sensationally attacking Andy Schleck on Monday when the Luxemburger suffered a mechanical problem. French champion Thomas [...]
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France – Euskaltel sports director Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano is not writing off Samuel Sanchez’s chances of a podium place on the Tour de France just yet. Reigning Olympic [...]
AX-3-DOMAINES, France – Frenchman Christophe Riblon claimed a deserved maiden Tour de France victory on the race’s 14th stage here Sunday as an anticipated yellow jersey battle failed to materialize. [...]
The Beijing Olympic champion, Spaniard Samuel Sanchez, is going to be the leader of the Basque Euskaltel team, looking for stage victories in the 2010 Tour de France (3 to [...]
PARIS, April 16, 2010 (AFP) – Controversial Spaniard Alejandro Valverde will continue to provoke cycling’s world ruling body when he lines up with possible victory in mind at the Amstel [...]
MADRID, April 8, 2010 (AFP) – Spain’s Samuel Sanchez, riding for the Euskaltel team, on Thursday won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, a 160km ride [...]
Spain’s Alberto Contador secured a Paris-Nice double whammy on Thursday by winning the race’s fourth stage here, becoming the overall leader in the process. The Astana rider attacked 1700 meters [...]
SEVILLE, Spain, Dec 16, 2009 (AFP) – The 65th edition of the Tour of Spain will break new ground in 2010 with the leader’s jersey changing color from the traditional [...]
PARIS, Oct 19, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished the official cycling season as the top ranked rider in the International Cycling Union (UCI) world calendar [...]
Belgian Philippe Gilbert won his fourth race in a row as his hot streak continued with victory in Saturday’s Tour of Lombardy over 242km from Varese to Cuomo. Gilbert beat [...]
MADRID, Sept 16, 2009 (AFP) – Alejandro Valverde, Oscar Freire and Samuel Sanchez will lead Spain’s bid to win the men’s road race title at the world cycling championships next [...]
Italian Damiano Cunego claimed his second mountains victory of this year’s Tour of Spain when he stamped his climbing prowess over the rain-hit 14th stage held over 157km from Grenada [...]
Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sánchez confirmed that he will be staying with his Euskaltel Euskadi for another three years, taking him to 2010. “I am very happy and satisfied. This [...]
by Justin Davis JUYONGGUAN, China, Aug 9, 2008 (AFP) – Spanish climber Samuel Sanchez claimed his biggest ever career win when he claimed gold in the men’s grueling Olympic road [...]