Sastre is Tour de France champion

PARIS: Spain's Carlos Sastre wrapped up his maiden Tour de France triumph here on Sunday following the final stage of the race into Paris.

Sastre, a 33-year-old climbing specialist who rides for the CSC team, became the eighth Spaniard to win the race's yellow jersey and the third consecutively after Oscar Pereiro (2006) and Alberto Contador (2007).

"I've dreamt of this since I was a child," said an emotional Sastre, who was joined by his wife and two children, Claudia and Yeday.