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Key facts
- 2010
- Astana
- Full name
- Óscar Pereiro Sío
- Born
- ( 1977-08-03 ) 3 August 1977 (age 48) , Mos , Galicia , Spain
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
- Current team
- Retired
- Discipline
- Road
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- All-rounder
- 2000 2001
- Gresco–Tavira
- 2002 2005
- Phonak
- 2006 2009
- Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Óscar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Mos
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Sport
- cyclo-cross
- Member of team
- XDS Astana Team
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 67
- Official website
- www.oscarpereiro.com
- Image
- Óscar Pereiro TF 2011.jpg
- Height
- 177
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- social media followers
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- sports discipline competed in
- road bicycle racing
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Encyclopedic overview
Óscar Pereiro Sío ( pronounced [ˈoskaɾ pe'rejro ˈsi.o]; born 3 August 1977) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. Pereiro was declared the winner of the 2006 Tour de France, after the original winner Floyd Landis was disqualified for failing a doping test after his stage 17 victory. Pereiro is a former member of Porta da Ravessa (2000 to 2001), Phonak Hearing Systems (2002 to 2005), Caisse d'Epargne (2006 to 2009), and the Astana cycling team (2010). After retiring from cycling in 2010, Pereiro joined his local part-time football club Coruxo FC of the Segunda División B.
Early career
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