Renewed Race Success
For the 2008 season, 3T sponsored Team CSC. The team debuted a new, all-composites aerofoil time-trial bar, the 3T Ventus. The team's World Champion time trialist, Fabian Cancellara, rode this to victory at the Prologue of the Amgen Tour of California. Moving on to the European season at the Giro d'Italia, CSC's youthful team narrowly failed to win the race's opening Team Time Trial.
Great success followed at the Tour de France. CSC captain Carlos Sastre won the Yellow Jersey of the Overall winner, his team mate Andy Schleck won the White Jersey for Best Young Rider, and CSC won Best Team. Race reports noted Sastre's outstanding performance in limiting his losses in the final weekend's Individual Time Trial, where he was widely expected to lose the lead to his nearest rival, Cadel Evans.
Riding for Switzerland at the Beijing Olympics shortly after, Cancellara won Gold in the Men's Time Trial, beating his team mate Gustav Larsson, riding for Sweden, into second place, both riders using the Ventus bar. Their team captain Carlos Sastre animated the Men's Road Race, while Cancellara eventually placed third, one of three riders in the first five finishers riding 3T.
For the 2009 season, 3T is sponsoring three professional teams: Cervélo TestTeam (captained by Carlos Sastre), Garmin Slipstream, and Milram.
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