Carlos Sastre

Carlos Sastre competed Stage 6 of the 2010 Tour de France today in 05:37:45.  He ranked #112 for the stage.  Mark Cavendish won the stage in a sprint.    After Stage 6, Carlos Sastre is now ranked #46 in the overall general classification.  His current GC time is 04:40:49 and he has a total gap of 00:03:19 from the yellow jersey.    Carlos Sastre is competing for Cervélo Test Team.  Tomorrow's stage 7 takes the tour from Tournus to Station des Rousses and covers 165 kilometers.Read Full Story

Carlos Sastre of Spain. (Getty Images)Carlos Sastre competed Stage 11 of the 2010 Tour de France today in 04:42:29.  He ranked #57 for the stage.  Mark Cavendish won the stage in a sprint.     Andy Schleck keeps his yellow jersey for yet another day.  He's at the top of the general classification leaderboard.  Andy is followed by rivals Alberto Contador, Samuel Sanchez, and Denis Menchov.    After Stage 11, Alessandro Petacchi from LAMPRE wears the Green Jersey with 161 points. The best...Read Full Story

Ok-Rina sent me this interview with Andy on his thoughts about Sastre leaving Saxo Bank. So I ran it through Danish to English Translator and here is what I come up with. Do with it as you will.So then Helen decided that my translation sucked (it did.) and actually spen the time and effort to do a more understandable one. Thanks H-Dawg! "he is is obviously difficult happy with" still has me stumped though. So does "you must remembee to mark and listen to her body." But what the hell? Wedding...Read Full Story

Carlos Sastre ranked #111 in today's stage of the Tour de France.  He completed the ride in 03:34:55.  The stage ended in a hotly contested sprint and was won by Alessandro Petacchi.    At the end of Stage 4, Carlos Sastre now ranks #47 in the overall general classification.  His combined general classification time is 18:32:14. He has a gap of 00:03:19 with yellow jersey holder Fabian Cancellara.    Carlos Sastre is riding on the Cervélo Test Team roster.  The team is managed by Joop Alberda...Read Full Story

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(click on image for more information)On Sunday, July 27, 2008, in Paris, France, Carlos Sastre of Spain won the 95th Tour de France. Tour de France is the most famous cycling tournament in the world where cyclists compete in bicycles on a 3,500 kilometer trip with 21 stages around the country of France with the finishing line in Paris. The 95th Tour de France was held from Saturday, 7-5-2008 to Sunday, 7-27-2008. Sastre is the 7th Spaniard to win the Tour de France. Cadel Evans of Australia...Read Full Story

VeloNationCarlos Sastre satisfied with first day on the open road at the VueltaVeloNationOn the opening road stage of the 2010 Vuelta, a hot slog from inland Andalucia to the Costa del Sol, the main goal for the ...Read Full Story

The children of Spain’s Carlos Sastre celebrate with him in the Champs-Elysees after his victory in one of the greatest road races in recent years the Tour de France 2008. Sastre, whose Team CSC boss Bjarne Riis admitted to doping during his 1996 Tour win, became the third Spaniard to win the showcase event, while Cadel Evans of Australia finished 58 seconds behind. For the second straight year Evans has lost the Tour by less than a minute after conceding defeat to Alberto Contador of Spain...Read Full Story

Carlos Sastre takes 4th in the overall classifications for the 2007 Tour de France. He was the top rider for Team CSC.Congrats to Sastre for a strong performance.Final General Classification1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91.00.262 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.233 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.314 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 7.085 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.176 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte...Read Full Story

Carlos Sastre is now in fourth place in the general classification because former leader Michael Rasmussen was forced out of the Tour amid scandals of doping and lying to team managers.  Rasmussen missed 3 random drug tests this year, and lied about his where-abouts during those tests.  Team Rabobank was forced to fire Rasmussen and remove him from the Tour - despite his first place standing and victory in Stage 16. So Contador is now the leader and the man to beat! General Classification...Read Full Story