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MADRID, Sept 15, 2011 (AFP) – Former Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre announced Thursday he is retiring from the sport at the age of 36. “The time has come [...]
16 August, 2011 – GEOX-TMC has announced the squad that will be taking part in the Vuelta España scheduled from August 20th to September 11th. The selected riders are Spain’s [...]
June15, 2011 – GEOX-TMC will compete in the Tour de Slovenie, scheduled to take place between June 16 and June 19, 2011. Eight riders will be on the starting line. [...]
01 June, 2011 – After 21 stages and 3524.5 km that covered the entire peninsula, GEOX-TMC’s long, pink adventure came to its conclusion with the final time trial in Milano [...]
Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre do recon on the major climbs featured in the Giro d’Italia 26 April, 2011 – It was a working Easter for riders on Team GEOX-TMC. [...]
From Wednesday the 13th to Sunday the 17th April, GEOX-TMC will be taking on the Vuelta Castilla y Leon. The brief but important Spanish stage race will mark a return [...]
GEOX-TMC riders will be competing in the Vuelta Murcia from Friday the 4th to Sunday the 6th of February. GEOX-TMC will be lining up for the brief Spanish stage race [...]
The new Team Geox will be making a strong bet for youth and progression within some of the best values in the international scene. Up to ten from those promising [...]
Written by: Denholm Barnetson MADRID – The third and final Grand Tour of the season gets underway in Spain on Saturday, with several leading riders eying their chances amid the [...]
MADRID – Former Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre announced Monday he will leave his Cervelo team for Geox next season. “The trust that they’ve placed in me since the [...]
Thor Hushovd (NOR): “It was an important day. I knew it was a good chance to try to get some more points. The team did a great job helping me [...]
REVEL, France – Former Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre admits the thought of racing hard in the Pyrenees over the coming days in not exactly getting him excited. But [...]
Thor Hushovd (NOR): “I am just a little bit disappointed and confused that I am not sprinting as well. Two months ago I broke my collarbone and haven’t done any [...]
MORZINE-AVORIAZ, France – Former Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre was finally given reason to smile after relaunching his stuttering campaign on the tough eighth stage here on Sunday. As [...]
Thor Hushovd (NOR): On final sprint: “It’s a pity to not be up there. It just didn’t work out today. I would like to be in top 5 or 8 [...]
MADRID, June 21, 2010 – Spanish cyclist Carlos Sastre, the winner of the 2008 Tour de France, confirmed Monday that he has been given the green light to compete in [...]
10-Jun-2010 – Luzern: Cervélo TestTeam is looking forward to the highlight of the Grand Tour season, now just three weeks away. Carlos Sastre (ESP), the 2008 Tour de France winner; [...]
MADRID, June 9, 2010 – Spanish cyclist Carlos Sastre, the winner of the 2008 Tour de France, is a doubt for this year’s race because of a back injury sustained [...]
PARIS, June 7, 2010 (AFP) – Cervelo Test team said that a decision on whether 2008 Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre races in this year’s renewal will be made [...]
AMSTERDAM, May 7, 2010 (AFP) – The Tour of Italy, unusually, starts off in the Netherlands on Saturday with a host of big names in with a chance of winning [...]
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), May 6, 2010 (AFP) – Three favorites, Spaniard Carlos Sastre, Cadel Evans of Australia, and Italy’s Ivan Basso, have openly declared their ambitions for victory in the Giro [...]
Missing out on riding a major bike race with 257.3 kilometers and 31 climbs on the menu would probably be welcomed by most people. But not Europe’s cycling elite, who [...]
Spaniard Carlos Sastre, the winner of the 2008 Tour de France, confirmed Saturday he will compete in next year’s Giro d’Italia. The 2010 edition of the Giro d’Italia gets underway [...]
ANNECY, France, July 23, 2009 (AFP) – Both 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre and pre-race contender Denis Menchov have admitted their only goal now remains getting to Paris [...]
BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, France, July 21, 2009 (AFP) – Alberto Contador tightened his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey after soaking up attacks from Luxembourg rival Andy Schleck on the [...]
by Justin Davis MARTIGNY, Switzerland, July 20, 2009 (AFP) – Reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre lashed out Monday for being shown a “lack of respect” coming into this [...]
by Justin Davis LIMOGES, France, July 13, 2009 (AFP) – Defending yellow jersey champion Carlos Sastre said Monday he would be choosing his moments carefully when the Tour de France [...]
by Justin Davis CAP D’AGDE, France, July 8, 2009 (AFP) – Reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre has put a positive spin on Cervelo’s chances of defending his yellow [...]
by Justin Davis MONTPELLIER, France, July 8, 2009 (AFP) – Yellow jersey hopeful Cadel Evans was given an alarming reminder of the value of team work at the Tour de [...]
by Justin Davis MONACO, July 3, 2009 (AFP) – Who really has a chance of winning this year’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France became a shade clearer here [...]
by Justin Davis MONACO, July 3, 2009 (AFP) – The Cervelo Test team declared their intention to help defending champion Carlos Sastre win the Tour de France for the second [...]
by Justin Davis MONACO, July 2, 2009 (AFP) – Penpix of Tour de France yellow jersey contenders at this year’s race, held on July 4-26 over a total approximate distance [...]
PARIS, June 26, 2009 (AFP) – Potential Tour de France champions at this year’s race, held on July 4-26 over a total approximate distance of 3459.5km: Alberto Contador (ESP/Astana) Described [...]
MONTE PETRANO, Italy, May 25, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre came home alone after Monday’s grueling 16th stage of the Tour of Italy which left [...]
The yellow jersey worn by Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre during the last stage of this year’s race has been sold for 15,000 euros at internet auction, Sastre announced [...]
Italian Alessandro Ballan of Lampre won Saturday’s seventh stage of the Tour of Spain, a 223.2 km ride from Barbastro to La Rabassa in Andorra, to take the overall lead [...]
MANTES-LA-VILLE, France, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) – Former Australian professional Scott Sunderland has announced his imminent departure from Danish outfit CSC to join the new Cervelo team of Tour de [...]
COPENHAGEN, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre confirmed on Friday he has quit the Danish CSC team to join Canadian outfit Cervelo. The 33-year-old Spaniard [...]
Reigning Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre could join new Canadian team Cervelo after the Tour of Spain, according to a source close to the CSC team rider on Wednesday. [...]
On Saturday August 30th we’ve reached this year’s final Grand Tour, Vuelta a España. The race kicks off in the Southern part of Spain – more specifically in Andalucía with [...]
EL BARRACO, Spain, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Carlos Sastre received a hero’s welcome Wednesday when he returned to his hometown of El Barraco after becoming the third Spaniard [...]
by Justin Davis PARIS, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – For Australia’s Cadel Evans, the Olympic road race in Beijing is already too far on the horizon. For the immediate future, [...]
Why Cadel Didn’t Win The Tour de France On July 12th, we published an article (see link below) laying out the reasons why Cadel Evans would lose the Tour de [...]
MADRID, July 28, 2008 (AFP) – Carlos Sastre’s triumph in the Tour de France over the weekend has capped a “magical” year for Spanish sports, Spanish media said Monday just [...]
by Justin Davis PARIS, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – Unassuming, quiet, a family man. Hardly the kind of words to describe the winner of the world’s biggest bike race. For [...]
PARIS, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – Carlos Sastre became the seventh Spaniard to win the Tour de France yellow jersey when he wrapped up overall victory here on Sunday, taking [...]
PARIS, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Carlos Sastre wrapped up his maiden Tour de France triumph here on Sunday following the final stage of the race into Paris. Sastre, [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – The Tour de France, as Cadel Evans and every other yellow jersey contender likes to say, is never won in [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – Carlos Sastre had conflicting emotions as he crossed the finish line of the Tour de France’s 20th stage time trial [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France, July 26, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre virtually wrapped up the Tour de France yellow jersey here Saturday after stunning victory favourite Cadel Evans [...]
by Justin Davis MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Rabobank team manager Erik Breukink is not alone in hoping for Australia’s Cadel Evans to have on off-day when the [...]
MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – With the emergence of a new generation of potential champions, Carlos Sastre is well aware his chance to secure the Tour de France [...]
by Justin Davis MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – CSC team manager Bjarne Riis did not use words to describe how much wearing the yellow jersey will motivate Carlos [...]
MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel finally handed his Cofidis team a well-deserved leaving gift by winning the 19th stage of the Tour de France between [...]
by Justin Davis MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Scott Sunderland has spent three weeks trying to make sure compatriot Cadel Evans loses the Tour de France. Now [...]
by Justin Davis SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans has been tipped to overhaul his 1min 34sec deficit to Spanish rival Carlos Sastre ahead of their [...]
ST ETIENNE, France, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Carlos Sastre of the CSC team retained the Tour de France yellow jersey here Thursday as German Marcus Burghardt handed his [...]
MADRID, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s Carlos Sastre is to have a street or a public area named after him in his native Leganes after taking the Tour de [...]
ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Australian Stuart O’Grady’s joy on what was another thrilling stage of the Tour de France here on Wednesday could, if you’re a [...]
by Justin Davis ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – It couldn’t have been a better day on the Tour de France for the Danish CSC team. All they [...]
ALPE D’HUEZ, France, July 23, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans succumbed to the dominance of CSC on a thrilling 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday when [...]
by Justin Davis NIMES, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – For someone who finished the runner-up by just 23 seconds last year, it is understandable that Cadel Evans is taking [...]
by Justin Davis PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Cadel Evans spent his first day in the Tour de France yellow jersey being treated like a rock star – [...]
PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Australian rider Cadel Evans’ grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey is likely to be undone because of the “weakness” of his [...]
by Justin Davis HAUTACAM, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Silence-Lotto team manager Marc Sergeant believes Australia’s Cadel Evans has shown his rivals the tools that could land him an [...]
by Justin Davis BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France, July 13, 2008 (AFP) – CSC team manager Bjarne Riis is hoping Spanish team leader Carlos Sastre can give his fellow yellow jersey hopefuls a [...]
by Justin Davis BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – This year’s Tour de France is gearing up to be one of the most tightly contested in years, according to [...]
BREST, France, July 4, 2008 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans said he is unlikely to rely on his time trialling powers alone in his bid to win the yellow jersey [...]