Tour De France 2005 : Pereiro sprints to victory in Pau
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Pereiro sprints to victory in Pau
Phonak's Oscar Pereiro has won the 16th stage of the Tour de France into Pau.The Spaniard capped an aggressive day in the saddle with a sprint finish to hold off the challenge of Xabier Zandio, Eddy Mazzoleni and Cadel Evans.
The quartet had been out in front as the race left the mountains behind for the last time before a flat run in.
Lance Armstrong maintained his overall lead coming home in the third group on the road, three minutes and 24 seconds back, alongside all his major rivals.
While Pereiro took the honours on the line, Evans was the big winner on the final day in the mountains, climbing from 11th to seventh overall.
The Australian was in a group of 11 escapees having broken free of the main peloton after just 26km of the 180.5km stage from Mourenx.
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