Carlos Sastre

Quick Facts

Full Name	Carlos Sastre
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Apr 22, 1975(1975-04-22)
Age	49
Country	Spain
Birth City	Ávila
Horoscope	Aries

Carlos Sastre Biography

Carlos Sastre is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on April 22, 1975 in Ávila, Spain. Carlos Sastre Candil, pronounced [‘kar.los.’sas.tre.’kandil]; born 22 April 1975, is a former professional Spanish road bike racer. He was also the 2008 Tour de France winner. He was a consistent winner in both the Vuelta a Espana as well as the Tour de France. Sastre was a solid climber and a stable specialist. He also worked hard to improve his time trial skills and became a contender in the Grand Tours GC spots. Sastre was a top ten finisher in all fifteen Grand Tours he participated in during his career.

Carlos Sastre and Ivan Basso had extensive training before the 2004 season. This was to improve their individual time trials skills, which made them better all-round riders. They traveled to Boston to use the wind tunnel at MIT. Sastre was able to improve his Vuelta a Espana performance and he ranked 6th overall.

When he finished the 2006 Vuelta 4th overall, Sastre, who also rode the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in 2006, became one of a rare breed of riders to finish all three Grand Tours in one year.

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 CSC team captain at the 2006 Tour. Even though his main focus for the season had been the 2006 Vuelta a España in September, this Tour was a great opportunity for Sastre to prove himself as a Tour GC contender. Through the mountain stages, Sastre proved himself 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 on mountain climbs. 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. However, on the final time trial, which stretched 57 kilometres between Le Creusot and Montceau-les-Mines, Sastre finished 20th, losing several minutes to Pereiro, eventual overall winner Floyd Landis and Andreas Klöden, who took third place overall. Sastre thus finished the 2006 Tour in 4th place. Floyd Landis has since been stripped of this title, making Sastre 3rd in the 2006 Tour de France.

Sastre is married the sister Jose Maria Jimenez, a deceased cyclist who died in 2003. Sastre dedicated 2008 Tour victory to his memory.

Carlos Sastre Net Worth

Carlos Sastre is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlos Sastre 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sastre signed his professional contract with ONCE in 1997. He was a domestique for ONCE for five years and only managed a handful of wins. However, he proved his mountain strength with several excellent results, including winning the 2000 Vuelta a Espana mountain competition.

He switched to Team CSC in 2002, and he was the captain of the Vuelta a Espana. He also had a free position in the Tour de France until 2005. He won the 13th stage in the 2003 Tour de France. This was as a way to greet his newborn daughter. Tyler Hamilton, the team captain, finished in 2 minutes 32 seconds.

In the 2005 Tour de France he was a domestique for Ivan Basso, and 21st in the overall classification. However, as the captain of Team CSC’s 2005 Vuelta a España campaign, Sastre finally reached the podium of a Grand Tour, finishing in third place behind Denis Menchov and initial winner Roberto Heras. Heras was later disqualified due to a positive EPO test, making Sastre the de facto second placed rider of the competition. After the Vuelta a España, he extended his contract with Team CSC for another year. In May 2006 he signed a new contract which expired after the 2008 season.

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Who is Carlos Sastre Dating?

According to our records, Carlos Sastre married to Piedad Jiménez. As of December 1, 2023, Carlos Sastre’s is not dating anyone.

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Coming into the 2008 Tour de France, Sastre was considered one of the favorites to win the race along with Australian Cadel Evans of Team Silence–Lotto, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d’Epargne and Russian Denis Menchov of Rabobank. He also faced competition within his own team from brothers Andy and Fränk Schleck, despite officially being the leader of CSC–Saxo Bank.

Facts & Trivia

Carlos Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Carlos Sastre celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.

Sastre joined the new Cervélo TestTeam for the 2009 season. He won the high mountain Stage 16 of the 2009 Giro d’Italia, which had been called the Giro’s queen stage, after seven hours and twelve minutes. His decisive attack saw him break free from a group of general classification contenders to get to the summit of Monte Petrano just under half a minute faster than the group he left. After seeming off his form in Stage 17 of that race, Sastre rebounded with another solo ride to victory in Stage 19 to Mount Vesuvius. He then completed the Giro with a solid ride in the final time-trial around Rome to hold off Ivan Basso and finished 2nd overall.

Who won 2008 Tour de France?

Carlos Sastre

Who won the 2009 Tour de France?

Alberto Contador

Who won the 2007 Tour de France?

Winners

Who won the Tour de France in 2006?

Óscar Pereiro

Who Won 2010 Tour de France?

Andy Schleck