Sandy Casar
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| Full name | Sandy Casar | ||
| Born | February 2, 1979 Mantes-la-Jolie, France |
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| Height | 1.77 metres (5.8 ft) | ||
| Weight | 70 kilograms (150 lb) | ||
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| Current team | FDJ-BigMat | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Breakaway Specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2000– | Française des Jeux | ||
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| Infobox last updated on 2 January 2012 |
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Sandy Casar (born February 2, 1979 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a French professional racing cyclist.
Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch-Mantes as an amateur. As a professional he has always ridden for FDJ. Severo Casar's talent was revealed in Paris–Nice 2002, which he finished second at 23 years old. He finished 13th in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, in front of climber Marco Pantani. He had his biggest win in a stage of the 2003 Tour de Suisse. He then finished 16th in the 2004 Tour de France, and sixth in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, 25 minutes behind winner Ivan Basso. Casar also won the Route du Sud in 2005.
On 27 July 2007, he won his first Tour de France stage, beating Laurent Lefevre, Axel Merckx and Michael Boogerd in a sprint after a collision with a dog earlier in the day.
In 2009, Casar finished second in the 16th stage of the 2009 Tour de France. Stage 16 was originally won by Mikel Astarloza. However, Astarloza was found after the Tour to have tested positive for EPO before the race had started.[1] The organisers stripped him of the stage win and Casar became the official stage winner.[2]
[edit] Main results
- 2000
- 5th, Overall, Tour Down Under
- 2001
- 7th, Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 8th, Tour du Haut Var
- 10th, Overall, Route du Sud
- 2002
- 1st, Stage 4, Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2nd Overall, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Young Rider Classification
- 3rd, Paris–Camembert Lepetit
- 10th, Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 2003
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse
- 2nd, GP Le Télégramme
- 4th, Paris–Camembert Lepetit
- 7th, Route Adélie de Vitré
- 13th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 13th, Overall, Critérium International
- 2004
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 2nd, Overall, Route du Sud
- 4th, Paris–Camembert Lepetit
- 8th, Overall, Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
- 8th, Overall, Circuit de la Sarthe
- 10th, Route Adélie de Vitré
- 13th, Overall Critérium International
- 16th, Overall, Tour de France
- 2005
- 1st, Overall, Route du sud
- 3rd, Paris–Camembert Lepetit
- 5th, GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 6th, Overall, G.P. Internacional Costa Azul
- 29th Overall, Tour de France
- 2006
- 5th, Overall, Route du sud
- 6th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 12th, Overall, Paris–Nice
- 2007
- 1st, Stage 18, Tour de France
- 2008
- 6th, Vuelta al País Vasco
- 8th, Tour de Romandie
- 14th Overall, Tour de France
- 2nd, Stage 16
- 2009
- 1st, Stage 16, Tour de France
- 2010
- 1st, Stage 9, Tour de France
- 2011
- 1st, Paris–Camembert
- 3rd, Tour du Finistère
[edit] References
- ^ "Astarloza tests positive for EPO, UCI says". Velo News. Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. http://www.velonews.com/article/96245/astarloza-tests-positive-for-epo-uci-says. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Augendre, Jacques (2010). "Guide Historique, Part 4" (in French). Amaury Sports Organisation. http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/guide_touristique_2010_histoire_4.pdf. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- Team biography
- Sandy Casar profile at Cycling Archives
