Sammy Sanchez Joins Team BMC for 2014
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AFP / Yuzuru Sunada
Feb 02, 2014 – Spain’s 2008 Olympic road
race champion Samuel Sanchez has joined BMC Racing, the American team said
Sunday.The soon-to-be 36-year-old, who finished second in the 2009 Tour of Spain,
left the now-defunct Euskaltel-Euskadi team at the end of last season.
Sanchez has taken part in 14 grand tours and won the King of the Mountains
jersey at the Tour de France in 2011. Despite his stellar pedigree, Sanchez is still
expected to work forAustralian 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans.
“I feel like a rider who has just earned his first contract,” Sanchez said
on the team’s website. “It is my hope that I can share my experience with the younger
riders onthe team. And after riding so many years to beat Cadel Evans, it will be good
to help him since he is a rider I know very well.”
BMC chairman Jim Ochowicz added: “Sammy will add a high degree of skill and
experience to the BMC Racing Team. He can cover all the bases, but in particular,
we look forward to having him support his new teammates in the Ardennes classics and at
the grand tours.”