Samuel Sánchez
Samuel Sanchez (2015) | |
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Full name | Samuel Sánchez González |
Nickname | Samu |
Date of birth | 5th February 1978 |
nation | Spain |
discipline | Street |
End of career | 2017 |
doping | |
2017-2019 | GHRP-2 |
Societies) | |
1996-1999 | Olarra |
Team (s) | |
2000-2013 2014-2017 |
Euskaltel-Euskadi BMC Racing Team |
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Last updated: May 14, 2019 |
Samuel Sánchez González (born February 5, 1978 in Oviedo , Asturias ) is a former Spanish cyclist . He was considered one of the best downhill riders in road cycling . His biggest success was the victory in the road race of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . At the end of his career, he was suspended for doping .
Career
After the native Asturian Sánchez drove for the Basque youth team Olarra Erkoreka of the Euskaltel team boss Miguel Madariaga , he switched to the UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi in 2000 , which until the beginning of the 2013 season only employed drivers who had a special relationship with the Basque Country . Sánchez stayed with this team until it was dissolved and joined the BMC Racing Team in 2014 .
Sánchez achieved the greatest success of his career so far when he won the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , when he won the sprint of a six-man top group on a mountainous circuit. He was also successful in other one-day races . a. In 2006, after finishing fourth in the sprint of the field at the road world championships as Alejandro Valverde's assistant , he single-handedly won the UCI ProTour race championship in Zurich . After finishing second in the last race of the series, the classic Lombardy Tour , he also finished the individual classification of the ProTour 2006 in second place.
In the "Grand Tours" , Sánchez was placed in the top ten six times:
He finished seventh on the Tour de France in 2008 , second in 2010 and fifth in 2011 . In 2011 he won the twelfth stage after he caught up with a chasing group around his team-mate Rubén Pérez on the descent from Col de Tourmalet . On the final ascent he shook off his companions after Luz Ardiden , except for Jelle Vanendert , and together with him overtook the last two runaways Jérémy Roy and Geraint Thomas . Sánchez accelerated the pace and distanced Vanendert and Schleck. He took over the spotted jersey of the leader in the mountain classification , which he won at the end of the tour . During the eighth stage of the 2012 Tour de France he fell and had to retire injured.
He achieved comparable placements at the Vuelta a España . He finished seventh in 2006 , third in 2007 and second in 2009 . His most significant victory in a stage race came with the overall victory of the Tour of the Basque Country in 2012 , in which he also won two daily sections.
During a doping control outside of a competition on August 9, 2017, Sánchez tested positive for the growth hormone GHRP-2 and then his team removed it from the line-up for the Vuelta a España 2017 . He described the result as a surprise for him and requested that the B sample be opened. After it became known in October 2017 that the B-sample confirmed the result, the BMC team terminated the contractual relationship with Sanchez. In May 2019, the Union Cycliste Internationale announced that Sanchez had been banned retrospectively for two years, so the ban would expire on after August 16, 2019
successes
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Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 24 | - | - | - |
Tour de France | DNF | DNF | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 2 | 5 | WD | - | - | 12 | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | 10 | 7th | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 8th | 6th | DNF | DNF | - |
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. z. B. radsport-news.com from April 8, 2010: Samuel Sanchez wins the king's stage , news.ch from April 5, 2006: Another victory for leader Samuel Sanchez
- ^ El padre deportivo del campeón. In: diariovasco.com. Retrieved June 10, 2008, June 29, 2014 (Spanish).
- ↑ Euskaltel-Euskadi contará con ocho ciclistas extranjeros la próxima temporada. (No longer available online.) In: deia.com. October 11, 2012, archived from the original on October 15, 2012 ; Retrieved June 29, 2014 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ radsport-news.com from August 9, 2008: Sanchez spoils Rebellin's birthday party
- ↑ cyclingnews.com of September 24, 2006: Final corner decisive in near-bunch sprint finish
- ↑ radsport-news.com from October 1st, 2006: Sanchez wins Züri Metzgete, rebel third
- ↑ radsport-news.com of July 14, 2011: Samuel Sanchez wins, Contador defeated
- ↑ cyclingnews.com of July 9, 2012: Sánchez recounts tale of broken finger and broken Tour dreams
- ↑ Samuel Sanchez tested positive for growth hormone. In: radsport-news.com. April 23, 2015, accessed August 18, 2017 .
- ^ Samuel Sanchez: Test result was a total surprise. In: cyclingnews.com. August 17, 2017, accessed on August 18, 2017 .
- ↑ After a positive B sample: BMC resigns from Sanchez. In: radsport-news.com. October 5, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 .
- ^ Samuel Sanchez suspended for two years. In: cyclingnews.com. May 13, 2019, accessed May 13, 2019 .
Web links
- Samuel Sánchez in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Samuel Sánchez in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Samuel Sánchez in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Samuel Sánchez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sánchez, Samuel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sánchez González, Samuel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oviedo |