Oscar Pereiro Sio
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Óscar Pereiro Sio (born August 3, 1977 in Mos, Galicia) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He is best known for finishing second (as it currently stands) in the 2006 Tour de France. It is likely that 2006 Tour winner Floyd Landis will eventually be disqualified and Pereiro will be promoted to the winner's position (see below).
Pereiro currently rides for the Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears cycling team. He is a former member of the Portugal-based team Porta da Ravessa (2000 to 2001) and the Swiss-based team Phonak Hearing Systems (2002 to 2005).
Pereiro placed tenth in the 2004 Tour de France - 22 minutes 54 seconds behind Tour winner Lance Armstrong. He was awarded the Most Aggressive Rider Award in the 2005 Tour de France after powering the winning breakaways in Stages 15, 16 and 18. He was the Stage 16 winner - just edging out Spain's Xabier Zandio, Italy's Eddy Mazzoleni and Australia's Cadel Evans. His efforts on Stage 15, the toughest stage of the Tour, were highly admired by the peloton. He finished second that day to Discovery Channel's George Hincapie after "pulling" for most of the final climb up the Pla D'Adet.
Pereiro was considered a leader on Phonak along with Landis and Santiago Botero in 2005 - his last year riding for the team.
Pereiro rode a Pinarello Dogma FP bike throughout the 2006 Tour de France. His breakaway Stage 13 second-place finish (just behind Germany's Jens Voigt) gained him almost 30 minutes on most of the General Classification leaders and propelled him into an unexpected yellow jersey. He traded the overall lead back and forth with Floyd Landis over the next few days before finally losing it to him for good on the second to last day of the Tour.
Although Pereiro officially stands as the second place finisher in the 2006 Tour, it is likely that he will eventually be upgraded to the winner's position. A urine sample taken from tour winner Floyd Landis immediately after his Stage 17 win has twice tested positive for banned synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules.<ref>"Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive", New York Times, 2006-08-05.</ref>
After hearing of the positive "A" test, Pereiro stated that it was only an initial, unconfirmed result and he would not yet consider Landis guilty or himself the Tour winner. "I have too much respect for Landis to do otherwise", he said.<ref>"Pereiro cautious about Landis case", SportsIllustrated.com, 2006-07-27.</ref> After hearing that the Landis "B" test also came back positive, Pereiro stated that he now considers himself Tour champion and the Landis scandal should not diminish his own achievement. "Right now I feel like the winner of the Tour de France", Pereiro said. "It's a victory for the whole team."<ref>"I am the Tour champion - Pereiro", BBC Sport, 2006-08-05.</ref>
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[edit] Tour de France finishes
(2006 results are subject to change pending final resolution of doping allegations surrounding Floyd Landis.)
- 2004: 10th (+22' 54")
- 2005: 10th (+16' 04") 1st Stage 16
- 2006: 2nd (+00' 57") Holder of the Maillot jaune for 5 non-consecutive days. Likely to be upgraded to first place finish after failed urine test of Tour winner Floyd Landis (pending Landis hearing).
[edit] Victories
- 2006
- Maillot jaune, General Classification leader (After Stages 13, 14) – Tour de France
- Maillot jaune, General Classification leader (After Stages 16 to 18) – Tour de France
- 2005
- Combativity Competition – Tour de France
- Stage 16 – Tour de France (PT) - 180.5 km
- Prologue – Tour de Romandie (PT) - 3.4 km (ITT)
- 2004
- Classique des Alpes (1.1) - 165 km
- 2003
- Stage 6 – Tour de Suisse (2.HC) - 135 km
- 2002
- Stage 5 – Setmana Catalana (2.1) - 144 km
- 2001
- Stage 3 – Grande Premio R.L.V.T. (2.5) - 166.1 km
[edit] Physical statistics
- Height : 1.77m (5' 10")
- Weight : 64kg (141 lb)
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Oscar Pereiro Sio's Track Record
- An interview with Oscar Pereiro Sio, July 19, 2005, cyclingnews.com
- His website.ca:Óscar Pereiro Sio
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