Pereiro keeps yellow as Landis wins 17th stage

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2006

MORZINE, France (AFP) — American Floyd Landis has caused a major upset to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France after 200.5km of racing on the final day in the Alps.

Spain's Oscar Pereiro, of the Caisse d'Epargne team, retained the race leader's yellow jersey ahead of the 18th stage, a 197km ride from Morzine to Macon in which the big favourites will look to save their energy for Saturday's 57km time trial.

Landis, who attacked the peloton 130km from the finish, relaunched his bid for the yellow jersey in spectacular style a day after he lost eight minutes to his rivals when he collapsed on the 18km climb to La Toussuire.

The American's daring solo raid allowed him to climb the fifth of the day's climbs, the unclassified Col de la Joux Plane, on his own...