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, a 33-year-old climbing specialist who rides for the CSC team, became the eighth Spaniard to win [...]
Unassuming, quiet, a family man. Hardly the kind of words to describe the winner of the world's biggest bike race. For those who know newly-crowned Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre, there might be little to talk about, but when [...]
Carlos Sastre became the seventh Spaniard to win the Tour de France yellow jersey when he wrapped up overall victory here on Sunday, taking his country's total to 11 wins. Federico Bahamontes, nicknamed the 'Eagle of Toledo' thanks to his [...]
Past winners of the Tour de France: 1903 Maurice Garin (FRA) 1904 Henri Cornet (FRA) 1905 Louis Trousselier (FRA) 1906 Rene Pottier (FRA) 1907 Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) 1909 [...]
Tour de France Final Standings after stage 21: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 87h52min 52sec 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 0:58. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:13. 4. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:10. 5. Christian Vande Velde [...]
Kazakhstan's Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team said on the final day of the Tour de France. The 31-year-old, who learned of his positive test after finishing 19th overall in the race on [...]
For Australia's Cadel Evans, the Olympic road race in Beijing is already too far on the horizon. For the immediate future, the 31-year-old wants to concentrate on winding down at the one-day criteriums which follow the end of the Tour [...]
Spaniard Carlos Sastre virtually wrapped up the Tour de France yellow jersey here Saturday after stunning victory favourite Cadel Evans in the penultimate stage time trial. Germany's Stefan Schumacher claimed victory in the 53km race against the clock, his second [...]
Germany's Stefan Schumacher claimed his second time trial victory from this year's Tour de France when he dominated the 20th penultimate stage here on Saturday. The Gerolsteiner rider clocked a time of 1hr 03min 50sec for the 53km course to [...]
The Tour de France, as Cadel Evans and every other yellow jersey contender likes to say, is never won in a day - but can be lost in a day. That day came for Evans on Saturday, when he lost [...]
Carlos Sastre had conflicting emotions as he crossed the finish line of the Tour de France's 20th stage time trial to virtually secure his first yellow jersey Saturday. Almost immediately, the Spaniard thought of the CSC team that has worked [...]
The chief of anti-doping operations at this year's Tour de France has hit out at the International Cycling Union (UCI) over a lack of co-operation prior to this year's race. Following a feud between world cycling's governing body and major [...]
Spain's Oscar Freire has perhaps more reason than most to hope for a top finish on the final stage of the Tour de France this Sunday. However, the Rabobank rider will not be the only sprinter eyeing a prestigious win [...]
Tour de France standings after 20th stage: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 84h01min 00sec 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 1:05. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:20. 4. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:00. 5. Christian Vande Velde [...]
Knowing he is racing in the red and white of Cofidis for perhaps the last time was not the only spur for Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel prior to his maiden victory on the Tour de France here Friday. Chavanel, enjoying a [...]
Double world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland on Friday extended his contract with the CSC-Saxo Bank cycling team by another three years, until 2011. Cancellara, who will begin as the favourite for the penultimate stage time trial of [...]
Tour de France standings after stage 19: 1. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 82h54min 36sec 2. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) at 1:24. 3. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GST) 1:33. 4. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 1:34. 5. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 2:39. [...]
CSC team manager Bjarne Riis did not use words to describe how much wearing the yellow jersey will motivate Carlos Sastre in his battle to keep the race lead on Saturday, Instead, Riis simply held both his arms out as [...]