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IT’S GIRLS AHOY FOR BIKE ACE

ABOVE: OLYMPIC HERO: Chris Hoy

16th November 2008

By Michael Booker

OLYMPIC cycling ace Chris Hoy may need to do some backpedalling… after snapping up a new pad in a resort packed with single women.

The 32-year-old has splashed out nearly £50,000 on a luxury apartment in Laguna Beach, Brazil.

Triple Beijing gold medal winner Chris, from Edinburgh, will relax there between races.

But his 28-year-old lawyer lover Sarra Kemp may want to tag along because it’s a single man’s paradise.

The property company he’s buying from has been inundated with female callers desperate to snap up holiday homes in the development.

On one day last week the company – Marbella-based Obelisk International – took calls from 38 different single women looking to buy.

Last night a pal said: “He hasn’t got a wandering eye but I’m sure if he ends up living among all these single women some of them may try and get their claws into him, especially when they realise what a hero he is.

"Obviously he’s hoping Sarra will be coming with him whenever she can so they can catch up on some of the loving he has to give up during training and competitions.”

Chris is set to pick up the keys and visit the resort shortly.

Last night he told us: “I don’t get much time off but when I do, I want to spend it somewhere really special.

“Brazil’s climate means I can go there any time to fit in with training.”