Oscar Pereiro should finally get his hands on the winner’s yellow jersey from the 2006 Tour de France later today.

Christian Prudhomme, the Tour director, is scheduled to award the jersey to Pereiro in a ceremony at Spain’s Sports Ministry on Monday night, moving the Spaniard up from second to first after the disqualification of Floyd Landis, the American, for a doping violation.

“I’m excited, but we’ll see how it feels after I’m actually holding it later today,” Pereiro said.

The International Cycling Union formally declared Pereiro the winner on September 21, one day after an arbitration panel in the United States voted 2-1 to remove the title from Landis for using synthetic testosterone during the Tour.

It is the first time in the 105-year history of the race that a winner has been stripped of the title.

Landis has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is expected to issue a final and binding ruling by mid-February.

“The Tour has told me that the ceremony today will make it official, so that’s enough for me,” Pereiro said.

Pereiro held a lead of more than eight minutes over Landis before the American made a spectacular comeback in the 17th stage to set up his 2006 Tour victory, with the Spaniard finishing runner-up on general classification, some 57secs behind.

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