Pereiro faces retirement after Astana contract row

Oscar Pereiro

Spaniard Oscar Pereiro, the 2006 Tour de France winner, has recognised he may soon retire if a deal he allegedly reached with Astana has fallen through.

"This could be the end [of my career]," Pereiro told the Spanish sports daily MARCA, "and if so it's not the end I wanted."

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