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Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre retires

The Columbian
Published: September 14, 2011, 5:00pm

MADRID (AP) — Former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre has announced his retirement after a 15-year career.

The 36-year-old Spanish rider said Thursday that “the moment has arrived to bring this cycle to its close.”

Sastre won the Tour in 2008. He also finished runner-up in the Vuelta in 2005 and 2007.

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