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BOURGES, France, Oct 4, 2012 - Three-time world champion Oscar Freire has finally brought the curtain down on his illustrious career and retired from cycling, his Katusha team confirmed on Thursday. The 36-year-old Freire, world champion in 1999, 2001 and 2004, has not raced since competing at the world championships at Valkenburg, the Netherlands on September 23 when he finished … [Read more...]
MADRID, Sept 11, 2012 - Three-time world champion Oscar Freire and newly-crowned Tour of Spain champion Alberto Contador will lead the Spanish team at the September 15-23 world championships in the Netherlands. The seven other riders are: Dani Moreno, Joaquim Rodriguez, Jonathan Castroviejo, Pablo Lastras, Alejandro Valverde, Juan Antonio Flecha and Samuel Sanchez. The list is not … [Read more...]
SYDNEY, Nov 30, 2011 (AFP) - Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will lead the Russian-registered Team Katusha in Australia's Tour Down Under in January, organisers said on Wednesday. Race Director Mike Turtur said he was excited that Freire would be taking part in the January 15-22 race around the Adelaide area. "Spaniard Oscar Freire has accomplished what only legends like … [Read more...]
PARIS, Oct 20, 2011 (AFP) - Spain's Oscar Freire, a three-time world champion, will race for Katusha next season, the Russian team announced on Thursday. The 35-year-old had raced for Dutch outfit Rabobank since 2003. "I know a lot of the Katusha riders and I am very motivated for the next season," said Freire, a world champion in 1999, 2001 and 2004 and a four-time stage winner on … [Read more...]
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July 29, 2011 (AFP) - Andy and Frank Schleck will headline the San Sebastian Classic on Saturday in the absence of newly-crowned Tour de France champion Cadel Evans. The Luxembourg brothers, who finished second and third respectively in the Tour de France behind the Australian, are among the challengers in the one-day race which also includes Belgian Philippe Gilbert and … [Read more...]
GRINDELWALD, Switzerland, June 14, 2011 - Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire is set to leave the Tour of Switzerland Wednesday in order to undergo surgery on troublesome sinuses, his Rabobank team confirmed. Freire, a former three-time world road race champion, has suffered from the problem on and off in recent years, making breathing difficult. He had similar surgery after last year's Tour … [Read more...]
PARIS, April 12, 2011 - Top Spanish sprinter Oscar Freire will not race this year's Tour de France as his Dutch team Rabobank focus on the yellow jersey ambitions of all-rounder Robert Gesink, according to a report Tuesday. Freire is a former three-time world road race champion who won the Tour de France green jersey for the race's points competition in 2008. However Sporza.be … [Read more...]
MADRID, April 8, 2011 - Italy's Francesco Gavazzi of Lampre won the fifth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country Friday after veteran Spanish sprint ace Oscar Freire was disqualified. Spain's Joaquin Rodriguez held on to the race lead after finishing 11th with the same time as the stage winner. Freire, of the Rabobank team, was first across the line in a mass sprint finish at … [Read more...]
Team RadioShack’s Markel Irizar is the overall winner of the Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta Ciclista del Sol). In the fifth and last stage to Antequera, the Basque rider kept his one second advantage over Belgian rider Jurgen Van den Broeck. Levi Leipheimer finished 3rd, 2 seconds behind. Team RadioShack finished with four riders in the Top ten and is winner of the Teams Classification in the Spanish … [Read more...]
: TOURS, France - Spanish sprint specialist Oscar Freire confirmed he is almost certain to bring the curtain down on his erratic but illustrious career at the end of 2011. Freire, a former three-time world champion, added another prestigious win to his list on Sunday when he became the first Spaniard to win the Paris-Tours one-day classic. And after years of indecision … [Read more...]