óscar pereiro won the tour de france after lance armstrong.
who won the tour de france after lance armstrong?
óscar pereiro
stage 11 was another major mountain stage in the alps including the legendary col de la madeleine and col du galibier climbs, the latter being the highest point of this year's tour at 2645m. alexander vinokourov, after a disastrous day in the previous stage to courchevel when he lost over 5 minutes, attacked on the col de la madeleine. lance armstrong and his rode strongly behind mindful of the threat from vinokourov but aware of the advantage that they had over him. the tactics of the t-mobile team riders, including vinokourov, in support of their apparent team leader jan ullrich were, as ever, questionable. three riders, óscar pereiro (this year's most aggressive rider) and santiago botero (both of ) established a breakaway before pereiro was dropped after the col du telegraphe and before the fearsome ascent of the col du galibier. vinokourov crossed the summit of the galibier first, taking the henri desgrange prize, in front of botero, a rider who was enjoying a renaissance in 2005. meanwhile, lance armstrong's discovery channel team were controlling the peloton at just over 2 minutes behind although michael rasmussen jumped ahead to get more king of the mountain points and to continue his domination of the polka dot jersey. botero joined vino on the now wet and dangerous descent and the pair continued together to briancon where the kazakhstan champion outsprinted botero to take his second stage victory after his first one to gap in the 2003 tour de france that had seen the major injury to joseba beloki and the remarkable cross-country exploits of lance armstrong. the peloton, and all the main contenders, came in at 1'15" behind thus preserving armstrong in the yellow jersey and vinokourov's exploits not making up for the previous day's losses.
2005 tour de france, stage 1 to stage 11
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there have been the usual 10 tour de frances held in the 2000s (decade) decade.





























2000 tour de france - started in futuroscope, france (winner lance armstrong) 





























2001 tour de france - started in dunkerque, france (winner lance armstrong) 





























2002 tour de france - started in luxembourg, luxembourg (winner lance armstrong) 





























2003 tour de france - started in paris, france (winner lance armstrong) 





























2004 tour de france - started in liège, belgium (winner lance armstrong) 





























2005 tour de france - started in vendée, france (winner lance armstrong)
2000s in sports