Team CSC has extended the contract with Spanish stage race specialist Carlos Sastre. 30 year-old Sastre put his mark on this year's Vuelta a España with an impressive third place, and he was also a very important part of the team which helped Ivan Basso to his second place in the Tour de France 2005.
"Carlos and I have had a good dialogue about the new contract, and I truly feel he belongs with us," Bjarne Riis said about the deal, which runs for another year at least. "Carlos is a world class rider and tremendously important to our team. I'm very happy that we've now succeeded in sealing this deal. There's no doubt, Carlos is an attractive rider to a number of teams, and it means a lot to me that he decided to stay with us in the end. Here he has the opportunity to make some results of his own as well as playing a major part in the mountains during the Tour.
