The cyclist Oscar Pereiro, Tour de France 2006, signed a one year contract with Astana

The cyclist Oscar Pereiro, Tour de France 2006, signed a one year contract with Astana, announced Tuesday the team from Kazakhstan. Thus, the Galician rider will have his wish to help Alberto Contador to win his third gala round after victories in 2007 and 2009.

The Galician rider concentration will be the first team, starting this Wednesday in Pisa (Tuscany, Italy), said Astana.

After retiring as a major success has victory in the 'Grande Boucle' three years ago, after the doping disqualification of original winner, American Floyd Landis.

In 2008, Pereiro fell victim to a serious drop in the fall of Agnello, at the stage of the race that led to Pratonevoso, by which suffered a dislocation and a fractured left humerus.

A year later, quit the race without going to shine, during the eighth stage between Andorra and Saint-Girons.

Despite not being a great ruler in the fight against the clock or the mountain, has achieved several successes in his career thanks to breaks, a key to victory in the race.