The 2008 Tour de France ended yesterday in the streets of Paris. This year's Tour was won by Spanish rider Carlos Sastre. Sastre is a veteran rider who has been among the best riders in the Tour for several years, but this is the first time he has won the big prize -- the overall championship.The best American finish this year was by Christian Vandevelde. The Chicago rider finished in fifth place -- only 3' 05" behind the winner after 21 stages and a couple of thousand miles of racing. It was a great finish and establishes him as one of the favorites for next year's Tour de France. He rode for America's Garmin Chipotle team.
The other American team, Columbia, also showed themselves to be very competitive. They had a team member win five of the Tour's stages. Both American teams were competing in their first Tour de France, and will probably do even better next year. Here are this year's winners:
YELLOW JERSEY (overall winner)
Carlos Sastre (Spain) CSC Saxo Bank
GREEN JERSEY (sprinter)
Oscar Freire (Portugal) Rabobank
POLKA DOT JERSEY (climber)
Bernhard Kohl (Austria) Gerolsteiner
WINNING TEAM
CSC Saxo Bank
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