velonews, 24 January 2010
This year’s Tour de France should be a very hotly contested one, with scores of candidates staking their claim as a potential Tour victor. Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez is the latest big name to announce he will make an all-out push for the podium at the Tour de France this summer. Sánchez has finished as high as sixth overall, in 2008, and believes he has the legs to pull within shot of the podium. “I like the route this year for the Tour,” he said. “It fits my characteristics. To say to `win’ are big words, but I think I could be capable of finishing on the podium.”