Special matt🌜 black edition for Euskaltel-Euskadi rider
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Samuel Sanchez’s unpainted Orbea Orca Gold – it&rsౠquo;s a standard squad frame just without the orange paꦯint(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
In another deviation from the team i𝓡ssue kit, Sanchez gets Alligator i-Link brake cabling(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
The frame-recessꦺed seat clamping mech𒆙anism is a sleek feature of the top Orca frames(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Vittoria Corsa Evo SC cotton tubulars are fitte🐓d to t💦he Dura-Ace wheels(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Mecꦺhanics had trimmed brake cables perfectly on the callipers(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Sanchez 🃏matched the FSA stem with the brand’s K-Force Carbon Ergo handlebars, 42cm centre to centre (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Sanchez had the Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 remote climbing switch fitted on the right hand si⛦de of the stemꦕ – useful when riding on the tops (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
The FSA OS-♏115 stem was a standard 130mmဣ centre-to-centre(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Shimano Dura-Ace pedals take the power (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
On the mountain stage to Valmorel, Sanchez’s chain-rings were 52-38, with an 11-2☂8 cassette on the back(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
The electronic Shimano Dura-Ace fron♓t derailleur is set up for Sanchez’s choice of Osymetric chainring (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
The pair of Elite Sior Evo bottle cages – a titanium skeleton wrapped in carbo﷽n – are robust drinks holders (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Sanchez perches on aꦑ 120g Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio Flow(Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Naturally, Sanchez&🔯rsquo;s 𝔍bike is equipped with new Shimano Dura-Ace 9070 Di2 11-sp shifting (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
For the mountains, Sanchez used Dura-Ace wheels. Though the decals had been scrubbed ꦇoff a C24 filled the front dropouts and a C35 the rear. (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Samuel Sanchez had a tough Giro d’Italia. So tough he’s ruled himself out of a tilt at the Tour de France to recover for the Vuelta. He’s looked out of sorts at the Dauphiné too until a superb stage win on stage 7 to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Superdévoluy.
He’s riding something special too. We viewed the rider’s special, matt black Orbea Orca at the stage start in Grésy-sur-Aix, to see what kit Sanchez is running in the mountains.
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Sam started as a trainee reporter on daily newspapers in the UK before moving to South Africa where he co💃ntributed to national cycling magazine Ride for three years. After moving back to the UK he joined Procycling as a staff writer in November 2010.