Evans Targets First Tour Win In Italy
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 starting with Cadel Evans, Carlos Sastre and...
View ArticleSastre’s Tour de France Fate To Be Known Later In The Week
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 later this week, it announced on...
View ArticleSastre Unlikely For Tour de France Due To Back Injury
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 at the Giro d’Italia, his press service...
View ArticleCervélo TestTeam Names 12 Riders For Tour de France
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; Thor Hushovd (NOR),...
View ArticleSastre Gets Green Light for Tour de France
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 this year’s race. The 35-year-old...
View ArticleCervélo TestTeam Stage 6 Rider Quotes
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 going into the last kilometer, when I crossed the finish line, I...
View ArticleSastre Happy With Stage 8 Results
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 American...
View ArticleCervelo TestTeam Stage 13 Tour Quotes
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 sprint training, and I am paying for...
View ArticleSastre Hopeful Ahead of Pyrenees Stages
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 Spain’s 2008 winner of the...
View ArticleCervélo TestTeam Stage 16 Tour Quotes
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 get over the climbs. With the break up the road, we knew...
View ArticleSastre Set To Join Team Geox In 2011
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...
View ArticleContador Absence Leaves Tour of Spain Wide Open
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...
View ArticleTeam Geox Future With Top Youngsters
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...
View ArticleSastre and Menchov Racing Vuelta Murcia For Geox-TMC
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,...
View ArticleCarlos Sastre Is Back To Racing
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...
View ArticleOperation Giro For Geox-TMC
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...
View ArticleTeam Geox-TMC And Their Giro d’Italia
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...
View ArticleCarlos Sastre Back To Racing After The Giro d’Italia
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...
View ArticleGEOX-TMC TO THE VUELTA ESPAÑA WITH DENIS MENCHOV AND CARLOS SASTRE
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...
View ArticleEx Tour de France Yellow Jersey Champ Sastre To Retire
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,...
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