Samuel Sanchez’s golden ride
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Feb. 17, 2010
- Updated Dec. 7, 2010 at 3:06 PM UTC
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Reigning Olympic champion, Samuel Sanchez, showed up at this week’s Volta ao Algarve with a special edition Orbea Orca, designed to commemorate his gold-medal ride in Beijing. VeloNews’ Andrew Hood got a close look at the bike Sanchez says just “feels faster.”
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Andrew Hood
Hood cut his journalistic teeth at Colorado dailies before the web boom opened the door to European cycling in the mid-1990s. Hood's covered every Tour since 1996 and has been VeloNews' European correspondent since 2002. He lives in Leon, Spain, when he's not chasing bike races.