Luís León Sánchez

The frenetic sprint finish on stage four saw two sprinters lose key leadout riders.

The irony is that quite a bit happened in the four-hour snoozer, but it was all packed into the final chaotic 10km.

Spanish veteran returns to former team in 2023 to play climber captain for Miguel Ángel López.

Lennard Kämna comes close to yellow jersey but Tadej Pogačar defends lead by 11 seconds.

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Four-man break held charging peloton with few meters to spare.

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We wrap up the key results and reactions from a weekend of national championships in Europe.

A late attack sees Spain's Luis León Sánchez seize an opportunistic stage win ahead of Peter Sagan

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Andrew Hood takes a look at the results sheets from the year's first races in Australia and discovered five riders who showed big promise for the season.

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Luis Leon Sanchez rides clear on a twisting final descent and holds off the peloton with Dani Navarro to win Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 1.

Spaniards Luis León Sánchez and Jonathan Castroviejo crashed out of the Volta ao Algarve, with the latter suffering a broken vertebra.

Astana cheers Nibali's victory in stage 4 of Tour of Oman, but it also loses Sanchez to a crash in Algarve TT while the Spaniard was leading the race.

Luís León Sánchez climbs to victory in stage 2 of Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, taking the GC lead.

Luis Leon Sanchez plans to be an instrumental part of Astana's strong Vuelta team, and he hopes the race gives him top fitness for worlds.

Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège could cap the spring classics season in dramatic fashion, pitting young guns against experienced veterans

Spanish all-rounder Luis Leon Sanchez is happy to have another chance to race at the top level after joining Astana on a one-year deal

The six-day race in South Australia gets underway January 20

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Basque climber lands a deal for 2014, leaving nearly a full ProTeam of riders still without jobs

The 29-year-old is rumored to be linked to the Operation Puerto doping ring

Spanish rider was suspended after links to the Operación Puerto doping scandal surfaced

Already under heavy media pressure for its own doping legacy, Blanco has suspended Sánchez

The Spaniard will wrap up the Canadian races before heading to Europe for worlds

Spaniard wins hilly semi-classic

Luis Leon Sanchez, once thought a potential GC rider, contents himself with snagging stages

The Rabobank rider gives the slip to green jersey Peter Sagan and strongman Philippe Gilbert

Freire KO’d for Olympics; Sánchez, Rojas waiting to see as Spanish media turns attention to Contador's Vuelta return

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Rabobank manager downplays GC chances for Gesink and company

Luis Leon Sanchez nabs second victory in a row at the Tour de Romandie , takes over lead from Bradley Wiggins

Sanchez is now just 1sec behind Wiggins, who failed to finish in the top ten of the stage

Spaniard wins stage 2 and assumes control with Sunday's finale looming

Cobo, Klöden among top names for Friday’s start; American Jamis-Sutter Home team will make European debut

Sanchez was aboard something new from Shimano

Luís León Sánchez has denied reports in the Spanish daily El Mundo that he’s linked to the ongoing doping investigation dubbed “Operación Galgo” that’s centered on alleged activities by Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes.

The 2009 Paris-Nice winner signs a two-year deal with the Dutch team.

With Alejandro Valverde on suspension, Caisse d'Epargne packs the one-two punch of Giro d’Italia runner-up David Arroyo and Luis León Sánchez.

Luís León Sánchez says he’ll wait to see if Caisse d’Epargne can find a new sponsor before abandoning ship.

Luis Leon Sanchez takes the Clásica San Sebastián ahead of Alexander Vinokourov and Carlos Sastre.

Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) rises to third place in the UCI's world rankings after winning the Amstel Gold Race.

Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) came up first in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe on Tuesday in France.

Alberto Contador (Astana) finishes second in the final time trial to take the overall title at the Volta ao Algarve.

Luís León Sánchez, who pipped compatriot and friend Alberto Contador to win last year’s Paris-Nice, won’t be back to defend his title in 2010. The Caisse d’Epargne rider said he doesn’t want the pressure of riding Paris-Nice as defending champion and instead will race in Tirreno-Adriatico and avoid a showdown with Contador in the Race to the Sun.

Spanish all-rounder Luis León Sánchez hopes to continue into 2010 his steady but improving trajectory that he’s enjoyed the past two seasons. With a stage victory at the Tour de France and taking one away from Alberto Contador at Paris-Nice, León Sánchez confirmed yet again he’s a rider who’s proving capable of fulfilling the high expectations placed on him.