Carlos Sastre
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Carlos Sastre Candil |
| Born |
22 April 1975 Leganés, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | GC rider, Climbing specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1998–2001 | ONCE |
| 2002–2008 | CSC–Tiscali |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Geox–TMC |
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Carlos Sastre Candil (pronounced: [ˈkaɾ.los ˈsas.tɾe ˈkandil]; born 22 April 1975) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer and winner of the 2008 Tour de France. He consistently achieved great results in the Vuelta a España and equally good showings in the Tour de France. Sastre established himself as a strong and stable climbing specialist, and after working to improve his individual time trial skills, he became a contender for the top GC spots in the Grand Tours. In total, Sastre finished in the top ten overall of fifteen Grand Tours during his career.
Also remarkable was that Sastre never tested positive or was caught in a doping investigation given he performed at the top level of cycling for many years. Sastre rode for UCI Professional Continental team Saunier Duval–Prodir in 2011, before retiring. Sastre continues to be widely regarded, following the Lance Armstrong affair, as one of the very few 'clean' riders to have won the Tour de France in modern times as he has never been involved in a doping affair.
When Sastre was young, professional cyclist Francisco Ignacio San Román lived in his parents's house during military service. Sastre was at first coached by his father, until he became an amateur.
Sastre signed his first professional contract in 1997 with ONCE. In his five years at ONCE he mostly served as a domestique and only managed a few wins, though he showed his strength in the mountains with several good results, most notably winning the mountain competition in the 2000 Vuelta a España.
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