Spanish 2008 Olympic Games road race champion Samuel Sanchez has signed a contract with the BMC Racing Team for 2014 after the demise of Euskaltel-Euskadi left him without a squad.
The 11th-hour deal will see Sanchez bolster the American team's line-up for the classics and Grand Tours - Sanchez has twice finished on a Grand Tour podium: second in the 2009 Vuelta a Espana and third in the 2010 Tour de France.
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