The 2008 summer of stunning Spanish sporting successes continued today on the Champs-Élysées in Paris as Carlos Sastre won his first Le Tour de France.
Sastre follows his compatriots Óscar Pereiro (who was awarded the win over a year after the finish of the race as actual winner, American Floyd Landis, was disqualified for doping offences) and Alberto Contador (who may yet lose his title at some point in the future, also for doping allegations) as winners of the most famous cycling race in the world.
I don't believe there will be any controversy in the future over Sastre's triumph as his name is conspicuosly clean in the murky world of cycling, and he is described as being quite modest and unassuming. What a refreshing change from the usual prima donnas who occupy the upper echelons of sport.
So Sastre follows the Spanish national football team and Rafael Nadal in unexpectedly winning major sporting events this year, emphatically confirming that the sporting summer of '08 belongs to Spain.
Sastre follows his compatriots Óscar Pereiro (who was awarded the win over a year after the finish of the race as actual winner, American Floyd Landis, was disqualified for doping offences) and Alberto Contador (who may yet lose his title at some point in the future, also for doping allegations) as winners of the most famous cycling race in the world.
I don't believe there will be any controversy in the future over Sastre's triumph as his name is conspicuosly clean in the murky world of cycling, and he is described as being quite modest and unassuming. What a refreshing change from the usual prima donnas who occupy the upper echelons of sport.
So Sastre follows the Spanish national football team and Rafael Nadal in unexpectedly winning major sporting events this year, emphatically confirming that the sporting summer of '08 belongs to Spain.
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I really do like biking. :o) I really do like Paris (TX). I could totally do the Tour de France!
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