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Hannah Bussey

The new Orbea Orca surfaces to reclaim its lightweight credentials

The Orbea Orca OMX on a tarmac road with greenery either side

Celebrating two decades on the road, Orbea are launching a fully remodelled Orca, to make this iteration number seven of the iconic range.   

Arguably this is the bike that put the Basque Country brand on the map,  thanks to Samuel Sanchez' gold medal ride on an earlier iteration at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A result which Sanchez dined out on for several years after, customising all his Orbea Orcas with gold decals and trim for the rest of his cycling career and making it one of the best road bikes of a generation.

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