Paris ? Carlos Sastre won the Tour de France on Sunday, sipping champagne in the processional to the Champs-Elysees and becoming the third consecutive Spaniard to capture cycling’s premier event.

Sastre held his narrow lead over Cadel Evans of Australia, finishing seven seconds behind his main rival for a 58-second victory. Bernhard Kohl of Austria was 1:13 back for third place, the second tightest finish in the 105-year-old race.

“It’s very moving,” Sastre said, hugging his two children.

The final stage was won by Gert Steegmans of Belgium. Alberto Contador won last year, and Oscar Pereiro inherited the 2006 title lost by American Floyd Landis in a doping scandal. As in the last two years, this year’s Tour was plagued by doping. Three riders were ousted in drug busts: Italy’s Riccardo Ricco and Spain’s Manuel Beltran and Moises Duenas Nevado.