Tour de France Stage 16 Live Podcast

Pereiro wins 16th stage as Armstrong nears title 19 July 2005

AUSTIN, TEXAS - Today's Stage 16 podcast features two hours of live commentary on the stage with a special promo of the Bazzman and Hutch Cycling Insight podcast, one of the funniest around. And a report live from TourWatch 2005 from Rob Sartin. Spaniard Oscar Pereiro Sio won the 16th stage of the 2005

This podcast is part one, the first hour, part two which is the second hour will be own very soon.

  Tour de France as American Lance Armstrong continued to roll towards his seventh consecutive championship.

The 27-year-old Pereiro covered the 180.5 kilometres from Moulenx to Pau in 4 hours 38:40 minutes, and beat countryman Xabier Zandio in a sprint to the finish to register his first-ever Tour stage victory.

He also bested Aussie Cadel Evans, who led most of the way. Armstrong finished with the main pack, 3:24 minutes behind the winner and continues to lead Italian Ivan Basso by 2:46 minutes in the overall standings, with Mickael Rasmussen of Denmark 3:09 adrift.