Samuel Sánchez (born 1978), known as Samu, is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who rode from 2000 to 2017 for the Euskaltel-Euskadi and BMC Racing Team squads. He won the gold medal in the road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the years that followed he proved himself in hilly classics and stage races and was regarded as one of the best descenders in the peloton. He finished in the top six of the Tour de France three times, including sixth overall in 2008 in his first complete Tour, and in the top ten of the Vuelta a España six times. Other notable results include the Vuelta a Burgos in 2010, the 2012 Tour of the Basque Country and five stages of the Vuelta a España.
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is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer
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(born 5 February 1978)
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He was the gold medal winner in the road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer
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He finished in the top 6 of the Tour de France three times
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