Team CSC-Saxo Bank captain Carlos Sastre expressed satisfaction after riding quietly to 20th at the Dauphine Libere race that ended Sunday in France. “I didn’t go to the Dauphine to try to win, but to test my sensations and my improvements in relation to other races. I feel satisfied enough with how I rode and I know that there are still four weeks before the decisive stages of the Tour de France,” Sastre said. “I am going to the Tour just as I planned, to fight for the overall with possibilities of winning.” Sastre didn’t sound alarmed about his performance during the Dauphine, when he was uncharacteristically seen at the back of the group during the decisive mountain stages when he’s typically railing at the front. “There were four riders that were head and shoulders above everyone else. I realized this very early and decided not to try to win,” Sastre said. “I can understand why people might feel worried, but the plan we have to arrive 100 percent for the Tour didn’t include trying to arrive at the Dauphine in the type of condition to try to win.”