Rider Profile
Carlos Sastre Candil
Geox-TMC

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2011 - Geox-TMC
- 2010 - Cervelo Test Team
- 2008 - TEAM CSC SAXO BANK
- 2008 - TEAM CSC
- 2007 - Team CSC
- 2006 - Team CSC
- 2005 - Team CSC
- 2004 - Team CSC
- 2003 - Team CSC
- 2002 - CSC - Tiscali
- 2001 - CSC - Tiscali
- 2001 - O.N.C.E. - Eroski
- 2000 - O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank
Biography:
Key results
1st overall Tour de France 2008
1st Tour de France stage 13, 2003; 17, 2006; 17, 2008
1st Giro d'Italia stages 16 & 19, 2009
1st Vuelta a Espana mountains classification 2000
2nd overall Vuelta a España 2005, '07
2nd overall Giro d'Italia 2009
3rd overall Vuelta a España 2008
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián 2010
3rd overall Tour of Austria 2011
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