Sastre returns home

Carlos Sastre receives a hearty welcome

Carlos Sastre receives a hearty welcome (Image credit: Israel Alonso)

Carlos Sastre of Team CSC-Saxo Bank, winner of the 2008 Tour de France, is back in his home town of El Barraco, 150 kilometres west of Madrid. After a series of post-Tour criteriums in Belgium and the Netherlands, the Spaniard arrived in Madrid airport on Wednesday evening. In his home town of El Barraco, a small community of 2000 inhabitants, masses of spectators had gathered to greet their champion.