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...hopes that it will disprove the initial result. But that is unlikely, experts say; second tests almost invariably tend to repeat the first results. If the findings are confirmed, Landis will be stripped of the win and the yellow jersey will go to the runner-up, Spain's Oscar Pereiro...
...damage to his reputation, and that of the sport, may already have been done. "When you work so hard in the race and you manage to bring back the excitement of the sport to the people, it's sad [for this to happen]",says Jos? Miguel Ech?varri, director of Pereiro's Caisse D'Epargne team. "If the victory comes to us, it will not be the kind of win we wanted." Pereiro, who describes himself as a friend of Landis, has said that he would prefer that he remain second and Landis' drug test not be confirmed...
...spectacular comeback in Tour de France history. He blazed over three steep, lung-burning mountain passes, shredding the field to win the day's 125-mile race by nearly six minutes and pull into third place in the overall standings, just 30 seconds behind ex-teammate and leader Oscar Pereiro of Spain. "He went from the penthouse to the outhouse to the moon," says Ventura. Saturday, as expected, Landis sprinted past Pereiro and Carlos Sastre, also from Spain, in the 35-mile time trial, in which each rider races, one by one, against the clock. Landis regained the yellow jersey...
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