Sandy Casar

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Sandy Casar

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fullname = Sandy Casar
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|2|2
country = FRA
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currentteam = Française des Jeux
discipline = Road
role = Rider
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proyears = 2000–
proteams = Française des Jeux
majorwins = Tour de France, 1 stage
Route du Sud (2005)
updated = February 5, 2008

Sandy Casar (born February 2, 1979 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines) is a French professional racing cyclist.

Casar rides for the Française des Jeux team which he has done so for his whole career to date. Casar turned professional in 2000 after riding for Jean Floch/Mantes as an amateur.

Casar's talent was revealed on Paris-Nice 2002, which he finished at the second place, being only 23 years old.After an impressive 2003 Giro d'Italia that he finished in 13th place, in front of star climber Marco Pantani, Casar obtained his biggest win to date in a stage of the 2003 Tour de Suisse. He then finished 16th in the 2004 Tour de France, and finished 6th in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, 25 minutes behind winner Ivan Basso, thanks mainly to an impressive escape. Casar also won the Route du Sud race in 2005.

Casar wore the white jersey for the best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France.

On July 27, 2007, Sandy Casar, after a dramatic collision with a dog earlier in the breakaway cast him and Frederik Willems to the pavement, got his first Tour de France stage victory, beating Laurent Lefevre, Axel Merckx and Michael Boogerd in the sprint.

Main results

;2000:5th, overall, Tour Down Under (2.3);2001:7th, Trophée des Grimpeurs (1.3):8th, Tour du Haut Var (1.2):10th, overall, Route du Sud (2.3);2002:1st, Stage 4, Circuit Franco-Belge (2.3):2nd overall, Paris-Nice (2.HC)::1st, Young Rider Classification:3rd, Paris-Camembert Lepetit (1.2):7th, FRA Elite Road Race Championships (C.N):9th, FRA Elite Time Trial Championships (C.N):10th, Trophée des Grimpeurs (1.3);2003:1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse (2.HC):2nd, GP Le Télégramme (1.3):4th, Paris-Camembert Lepetit (1.2):7th, FRA Elite Time Trial Championships (C.N):7th, Route Adélie de Vitré (1.3):8th, FRA Elite Road Race Championships (C.N):13th, overall, Giro d'Italia (GT):13th, overall, Critérium International (2.1);2004:1st, Stage 2, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne (2.3):2nd overall, Route du Sud (2.3):4th, Paris-Camembert Lepetit (1.2):5th, FRA Elite Road Race Championships (C.N):8th, overall, Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon (2.1):8th, overall, Circuit de la Sarthe (2.3):10th, Route Adélie de Vitré (1.3):13th, overall Critérium International (2.1):16th, overall, Tour de France;2005:1st, overall, Route du sud (2.1):3th, Paris-Camembert Lepetit (1.1):5th, GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise (1.1):6th, overall, G.P. Internacional Costa Azul (2.1):6th, FRA Elite Road Race Championships (C.N):29th overall, Tour de France;2006:5th, overall, Route du sud (2.1):6th, overall, Giro d'Italia (ProT):12th, overall, Paris-Nice (ProT);2007:1st, Stage 18, Tour de France (ProT):7th, FRA Elite Time Trial Championships (C.N);2008:6th, Vuelta al País Vasco (ProT):8th, Tour de Romandie (ProT):14th overall, Tour de France::2nd, Stage 16

External links

*Official|http://sandy.casar.club.fr/Index.htm fr icon
* [http://www.fdjeux.com/institutionnel_uk/cyclisme/coureurs/coureurs_palmares.php# Team biography]
*trapfriis|france.Casar.htm
*cyclingwebsite|795

Persondata
NAME= Casar, Sandy
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1979-02-02
PLACE OF BIRTH=Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France
DATE OF DEATH=
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