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Oscar Pereiro

Key Stats

Nationality: Spanish
Born: August 3, 1977
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 150 pounds
Strengths: Climbing, stage racing
Turned Pro: 2002

Palmares

Career Highlights:

Tour de France winner 2006

2009
1st, stage 2 TTT, Tour Méditerranéen
4th, stage 5, Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe
8th overall, Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe

2007
2nd overall, Tour du Limousin
2nd, stage 7, Dauphiné Libéré
3rd, stage 1, Tour du Limousin
10th overall, Tour de France

2006
1st overall, Tour de France (plus stage 13)
3rd, stage 16, Tour de France
4th, stage 19, Tour de France
4th, prologue, Tour de Romandie

2005
1st, most combative, Tour de France
1st, stage 16, Tour de France
1st, prologue, Tour de Romandie
2nd, mountain competition, Tour de France
2nd, points and sprint competitions, Tour de Romandie
2nd, stage 15, Tour de France
2nd, stage 13, Vuelta a España
3rd, stage 5, Tour de Romandie
4th, stage 19, Tour de France
5th, stage 18, Vuelta a España

2004
1st, Classique des Alpes
7th overall, Paris-Nice
9th overall, Dauphiné, Libéré
10th overall, Tour de France

2004
1st, stage 6, Tour de Suisse
2nd, Vuelta a Burgos
2nd, prologue, Tour de Suisse
3rd overall, Tour de Suisse
9th overall, Paris-Nice

Biography

Pereiro’s first year racing came in 2000 with Porta da Revssa, where he stayed until moving to Phonak in 2002. He and Floyd Landis were Phonak teammates in 2005, when Pereiro placed 10th overall at the Tour de France. The following year, Landis won the Tour, then was later disqualified for a positive testosterone doping test, and Pereiro inherited the overall title, his biggest win to date.