How Óscar Pereiro set the trap that caught out Miguel Ángel López and changed the Vuelta a España
2006 Tour de France winner designed the climb-riddled finale that shook up the GC and provoked an angry López to quit the Vuelta.
2006 Tour de France winner designed the climb-riddled finale that shook up the GC and provoked an angry López to quit the Vuelta.
UCI president Pat McQuaid defends the UCI against claims that its conduct left the door open for a doping scandal
The reaction around cycling to the Lance Armstrong ban is mixed, with some calling for resignations at the UCI
"I couldn't give a damn," says Bernard Hinault, while Oscar Pereiro calls the development "pathetic"
Oscar Pereiro took it to journalists on a Spanish talk show when he vehemently defended cycling against media bias that he says favors soccer.
Media reports naming Óscar Pereiro as “Urko” in the Operación Puerto have been proven false after Spanish authorities have linked track and field star Marta Domínguez to the alleged code name instead.
The 2006 Tour champ has tried ultra-sound but may have to undergo surgery.
2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro says he’s all but sure he will retire at the end of this season.
Pereiro to retire after Vuelta
Former Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro, will start his season with the Astana team at this month’s Tour Down Under in Australia.
After a possible Astana deal went south, 2006 Tour de France champion Óscar Pereiro says he is probably at the end of his career.
Spain's 2006 Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro admitted Tuesday that he thought he was going to die after a spectacular fall during the 15th stage at the weekend. The Caisse d'Epargne rider toppled over a guard rail on his way down Col Agnel in the Alps between France and Italy, falling several meters onto the road below. "I was going much faster than those on the left. I think that (Damiano) Cunego (Lampre team) got a slight fright. He made an abrupt maneuver and I couldn't avoid him," Pereiro told the Spanish press.