Graham says:Good Luck Carlos. Sad news is about. Hope the team stays together. REALLY hope the teams stays intact.

Chloe says:C'est vraiment dommage. A ses débuts l'equipe semblait ambitieuse, elle l'a montré la saison passée, mais depuis cette année, je suis plutôt déçue ; l'équipe semble "avancer" sans recruter de BONS coureurs pour remplacer ceux qui partent et pourtant l'équipe a de gigantesques capacités. Ne décévez pas vos fans et réagissez !

cervelofan says:Cervelo, n'est pas une équipe ambitieuse, je suis un peu triste pour hushovd qu'il soit la, c'est un excellent coureur, il est entrain de perdre son Temps avec cette équipe, elle fait rien pour avoir des excellents résultats, elle est composé de très peu de coureur capable de jouer les premiers rôles dans des courses niveau moyen ( pas pro tour) si j'ose dire et carlos sastre a bien fait de quitter l'équipe, c'est fort dommage mais ce qui me dérange le plus c'est que l'équipe ne cherche pas a se renforcer pour la saison prochaine, tant pis pour les fans (dont je fais parti). bonne chance sastre et surtout bon recrutement pour Cervelo...

jac Reyer says:A great loss, find a new winner. Calos success

terrien says:Je pense que l'équipe Cervélo est trop petite pour satisfaire à la fois Sastre et Thor Hushovd, les admirateurs de Thor, dont je suis , ont souhaité son départ de Cervélo car à aucun moment pendant le Tour de France , il n' a eu des coéquipiers dignes de ce nom pour l' aider à garder son maillot vert. Carlos a dû ressentir la même chose en montagne , il a raison de partir et je pense que Thor devrait faire de même...

Bonne chance à Carlos dans sa nouvelle équipe qui, je l' espère, l'entourera efficacement dans les cols de la Vuelta.

Mike says:And what now? CerveloTestTeam need new captain.

Tim T. says:The Cervélo Test Team loses a great rider. Not illogical, if you won the Tour de France in 2008.

I remember me the victory of Carlos Sastre in the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia. It was heroic : the weather conditions were unbearable and the 237km makes the race very hard. But who won the race? Yes, Carlos Sastre.

According to me, the last year of Carlos by Cervélo was a lost year. Only in the Tour de France I've seen him. One attack here, one attack there... But a victory was staying out. Very sad, if you know that Sastre has the capacities to win a stage. Only in the Clasica San Sebastian, he surprises me. Never I've expected a 3rd place of him.

But whatever... Sastre hasn't need a victory in the Tour de France to prove him. He is and will always be a great rider. Dear Carlos, I wish you a lot of success by your new team. And who knows, some day, perhaps you win a great Tour. Greets

Tim

Priestie says:"He has not really done crap the last two years."Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/5294/Thor-Hushovd-unperturbed-by-Cervelos-loss-of-Carlos-Sastre.aspx#ixzz0wud7ExFq

Globalhab says:Carlos. Very surprised to see you leave. Have a go at the Vuelta. Best wishes for the future.

Michael says:You'll be missed Carlos. Good luck on your new team.

Jeff Perron says:Where did this come from? He is a great rider. Sure. But a small team like this needs fireworks to keep the wheels of interest moving. I love his attitude toward the bike and his calm demeanor, but hopefully the eyes are looking for the next Spanish mountain phenom or Haussler's twin

Pierre says:Disappointing, but not surprising. Young men's dreams are built around their desire to measure themselves against their colleages...to deserve their success. Emphasizing the equipment that's used in competition as the "primary" factor in their success reduces their self-worth...parading them as circus animals makes them a part of someone elses success...yes, providing riders with the best equipement is excellent inspiration, but detaching them from their dreams is a little selfish. Cervelo (Vroomen-White) should learn something very valuable from this; respect for the other man's aspirations increases our own self-worth.

Tommy says:Carlos. The first time we saw you was in the ONCE cycling team, we thought you had a nice riding style. Me and my brother thought we would follow him through his career in cycling. I met your dad and brother in Italy / Rome / Giro. I talked to your dad and told him that we have followed your career since you rode for ONCE. He dropped his chin and he wondered if it was true, and I said it was. He thanked me several times. For that we follow your cycling career, Carlos. Now we have to write a new chapter in your career, Carlos. We hope it will be equally success-filled and exciting as for now.My own wisdom words, "It is not always the winner who has the most fun on a bike"

My best regards to you Carlos and Cervélo test team in the future.

alex says:WHAT! Carlos is going to the freaking GEOX team, come on man!

Arlene Boger says:Wow. Best Wishes to a great rider what ever you endeavor !!!

madmax says:Say it ant so Carlo, say it ant so.

Chris says:very bad news :-(

Conor says:Shocked to hear this - maybe he wants to take on a mentoring role with the new younger team rather than have the pressure of leading the team - although he'll miss riding the best bikes in the world.

Antonio Delgado says:I am really shocked, he was one of the first riders to come to Cervelo and help organize the team from scratch. Also Carlos has been riding a Cervelo for over 7 years and I thought he also invested in Cervelo bikes. On the flip side I don't believe he is a top notch GC contender any more due to all of the young guns coming up. He will be missed a class act all the way. TD

MTS says:Totally expected. Still, I do hope he has a great Vuelta.

Wes says:Yeah where did this come from? Good luck Carlos.

THY says:What a shocking news, I had never expected this..GL, man. I wish you all the best.

A true class rider!