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Pereiro will formally receive jersey next week

Caisse d’Epargne’s Oscar Pereiro will receive his yellow jersey as the retrospective winner of the 2006 Tour de France next Monday in Madrid, organizers announced Tuesday.

The 2006 runner-up has been moved up to first position after American Floyd Landis was stripped of the title for doping.

Pereiro finished the 2006 edition 57 seconds behind Landis, but the American tested positive for testosterone following his 17th stage win at Morzine, three days before the finish in Paris.

Landis is the first winner in the history of the Tour to be stripped of the title for doping. The top three finishers of the 1904 Tour were disqualified for accepting rides and other forms of cheating.

Pereiro was 10th in this year's event, the same result as in 2004 and 2005.

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