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 to end this cycle," an emotional Sastre, winner of the Tour de France in 2008, told a news conference in Madrid. "A new stage is beginning although I still don't know what I will do," the Spaniard said. Sastre said his … [Read more...]
GEOX-TMC TO THE VUELTA ESPAÑA WITH DENIS MENCHOV AND CARLOS SASTRE
August 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 own Carlos Sastre, David Blanco, Juan Josè Cobo and David De la Fuente, Russians Denis Menchov and Dimitryy Kozontchuk, Colombians Fabio Duarte and Mauricio Ardila and Austrian Matthias Brandle. Sports Directors Joxean … [Read more...]
Carlos Sastre Back To Racing After The Giro d’Italia
June 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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. The team will be made up of expert athletes - such as Spain's Carlos Sastre, David Blanco and Juan Jose Cobo - as well as cyclists who are part of the so-called “green-line” at GEOX-TMC, such as Austria's Matthias Brandle, … [Read more...]
Team Geox-TMC And Their Giro d’Italia
June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 on Sunday, May 29th. GEOX-TMC closed out the 2011 Giro d’Italia with eighth place in the general classification conquered by Russian Denis Menchov, winner of the 2009 edition of the pink race. The Team GEOX-TMC came to … [Read more...]
Operation Giro For Geox-TMC
April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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. After Friday’s wind tunnel tests in Milan to tweak their bikes and dial in seat position for the time-trial parts of the Giro, on Saturday and Sunday Denis Menchov, Carlos Sastre and team mates Fabio Duarte (the Colombian is the … [Read more...]
Carlos Sastre Is Back To Racing
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 to competition for Carlos Sastre after he was forced to stop for two weeks due to a bronchial- pulmonary infection. “After the Volta a Catalunya I preferred to stop to take care of this bronchial-pulmonary infection - … [Read more...]
Sastre and Menchov Racing Vuelta Murcia For Geox-TMC
March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 with their two team’s leaders, Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre, among others. This is Denis Menchov’s return to competitions after his first appearance at the Challenge Mallorca in February, while for Carlos Sastre the Vuelta … [Read more...]
Team Geox Future With Top Youngsters
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 youngsters have been confirmed into the new squad, that will be led by Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre, and which will complete their roster -surely with many other young riders featured- in the coming weeks. Coming from the actual … [Read more...]
Contador Absence Leaves Tour of Spain Wide Open
August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 absence of the world's top road racer Alberto Contador. Three-time Tour de France winner Contador is skipping his home Tour, which he won in 2008, after a hard-fought victory in France in July. He joins … [Read more...]
Sastre Set To Join Team Geox In 2011
August 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 very first conversations has been the most important factor that has pushed me towards this new project," the Spaniard said in a statement. "But the background and experience of its leaders has also had an influence … [Read more...]