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2008 Olympic road-race champion and 2011 Tour de France King of the Mountains winner Samuel Sanchez will race for three more seasons with his current team, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Euskaltel, who have - according to the Basque media - also signed three more of their top riders, Igor Anton, Mikel Landa and Jon 𒅌Iz🧜aguirre for another two seasons.

Sánchez, 34, has raced for Euskaltel-Euskadi ever since he turned pro in 2000, during which time he has developed into one of cycling’s leading professionals. Amongst his top wins are the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of the Basque Country (2012), the stage to Luz Ard🌸iden of the 2011 Tour, the 2008 Olympic road-race and the now defunct Championship of Zurich classic (2006).

After 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:crashiಞng out injured in the Tour d🌼e France, Sanchez has returned to racing today on what is home soil for his team, [Tuesday] in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Clásica San Sebastian. His program will not, as had been previously announced, include the Vu𝕴elta a España, although he is expected to race in the world championships, Il Lombardia (The Tour of Lombardy) and ꧙the two Chinese ProTour stage races.

Giro and Vue🥂lta stage winner Igor Anton - who took one of Euskaltel-Euskadi’s most important victories ever, a stage win in Bilbao on the Vuelta’s return to the Basque Country after a three-decade absence - has also signed for Euskaltel, who are set to expand their team from 24 to 28 for 2013.

S&aꦆacute;nchez’s renewal with his current team makes it very likely that he will pull down the curtain on his career with Euskaltel-Euskadi, with the end of 2015 the most l🐻ikely date.

Another key figure in Basque cycling who is quitting rather sooner is Jaime Ugarte, the organiser of the Clásica San Sebastian and Vuelta al País Vasco for the last 32 ye♏ars and who is standing down after today’s race.