Johan Bruyneel launched an escape and was joined by eventual winner Miguel Indurain.
14 Facts About Johan Bruyneel
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The Spaniard took the lead and rode the stage as a time-trial to gain time on his main rivals, with Johan Bruyneel latched onto his wheel, barely able to follow the tempo.
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Johan Bruyneel then beat Indurain in the end sprint to win the stage.
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Johan Bruyneel admitted he felt somewhat uneasy about how he had won.
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That same year, Johan Bruyneel achieved his only podium finish in a Grand Tour when he finished 3rd at the 1995 Vuelta a Espana and won the Aalst criterium.
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At the time, Johan Bruyneel announced his retirement and his plans to write a book.
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Also, on 29 May 2008, Johan Bruyneel joined the Board of Directors of World Bicycle Relief.
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In October 2007, after negotiations with the Kazakh government, Johan Bruyneel was signed to take over control of the embattled Astana team, which had been kicked out of the 2007 Tour de France for doping violations and was in shambles over its doping connections.
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Johan Bruyneel brought Discovery's Contador and Leipheimer with him for the 2008 season.
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Contador's victory in the Tour de France meant that Johan Bruyneel had won four of the last six Grand Tours that his teams entered, and thirteen Grand Tour championships in eleven years.
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Johan Bruyneel confirmed his departure from Astana at the end of the 2009 season to join Team RadioShack.
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On 28 June 2012, Johan Bruyneel was accused by USADA, although he is not an American citizen.
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Allegations include the assumption that Johan Bruyneel was part of a long-running doping conspiracy, including the use of banned methods to augment the performance of the cycling teams that he directed.
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The day after Armstrong's acknowledgment that he doped during all of his Tours, Johan Bruyneel announced that he would be in Brussels as soon as possible to speak to the Belgian national cycling organization and cooperate with its investigation.