Carlos Sastre
Before the 2006 Giro d'Italia in May, Sastre decided to ride the Giro d'Italia to help Ivan Basso to win,[1] indicating that he would ride all three Grand Tours; the Giro and Tour in support of Basso and the Vuelta as team captain. In the Giro, Sastre's pace on select mountain stages helped Basso defeat his top rivals for the Giro win. Sastre finished 43rd in the GC of the 2006 Giro d'Italia.
Days before the 2006 Tour de France started in July, Team CSC suspended Ivan Basso as his name was brought up in the Operación Puerto doping case. This meant Sastre became the Team CSC team captain at the 2006 Tour. Even though his main focus for the season had been the 2006 Vuelta a España in September, the Tour was a great opportunity for Sastre to prove himself as Tour GC contender. Through the mountain stages, Sastre proved himself as the strongest mountain rider in the peloton, beating Floyd Landis by one minute and 59 seconds and Andreas Klöden by two and a half minutes, measured in pure mountain climbing.[2] Sastre was placed well on stage 15, and came in 2nd on both stage 16 and 17, where he closed the gap to the then yellow jersey Óscar Pereiro. Before the penultimate stage of the Tour, the stage 19 individual time trial, Sastre was the second placed rider overall, trailing race leader Óscar Pereiro by 14 seconds. At the time trial, which stretched 57 kilometres between Le Creusot and Montceau-les-Mines, Sastre finished 20th, four minutes and 42 seconds behind stage winner Sergej Honchar. Sastre lost several minutes to Pereiro, as well as eventual overall winner Floyd Landis and Andreas Klöden, who took third place overall. Sastre thus finished the 2006 Tour in 4th place.
By completing the Vuelta, Sastre who also did the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in 2006, making him one of the rare breed of riders to finish all three Grand Tours in one year.
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Major results
- 2000
- King of the Mountains and 8th Overall, Vuelta a España
- 2001
- Stage 3, Vuelta a Burgos
- 20th Overall, Tour de France
- 2002
- 10th Overall, Tour de France
- 2003
- Stage 13 win and 9th Overall, Tour de France
- 2004
- 8th Overall, Tour de France
- 6th Overall, Vuelta a España
- 2005
- 21st Overall, Tour de France
- 2nd Overall, Vuelta a España
- Stage 1, Escalada a Montjuïc
- 2006
- 3rd Overall, Tour de France
- 5th Stage 11, Tour de France
- 2nd Stage 16, Tour de France
- 2nd Stage 17, Tour de France
- 43rd Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 4th Overall, Vuelta a España
- Gold jersey (general classification) leader (after Prologue TTT)
- White jersey (combination classification) leader (after Stages 8-16)
- Klasika Primavera
- 2007
- 4th Overall, Tour de France
- 2nd Overall, Vuelta a España
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References
- ^ Sastre in Giro line-up, Team CSC, 2006
- ^ (Danish) Sastre var bedst i bjergene, TV 2, July 22, 2006
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| NAME | Sastre, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sastre Candil, Carlos |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975-4-22 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid, Spain |
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