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Oscar Freire
Key Stats
Team: Rabobank
Nationality: Spanish
Born: February 15, 1976
Hometown: Torrelavega, Spain
Height: 5-foot-7
Weight: 140 pounds
Strengths: sprinting
Turned Pro: 1998
Palmares
Career Highlights:
Three-time world road champion (1999, 2001 and 2005)
Two Milan-San Remo wins (2004 and 2007)
Ghent-Wevelgem (2008)
2008
1st, points competition, one stage win, Tour de France
1st, Ghent-Wevelgem
One stage win, Tour de Suisse
2007
1st, stage 2 Vuelta a España
1st, stage 5 Vuelta a España
1st, stage 6 Vuelta a España
3rd, Paris-Tours
8th, Amstel Gold Race
2006
1st, stage 5 Tour de France
1st, stage 9 Tour de France
1st, stage 7 Tour de Suisse
1st, stage 4 Pais Vasco
1st, stage 3 Tirreno-Adriatico
2005
1st, Tirreno-Adriatico
1st, Brabantse Pijl
1st, Trofeo Alcudia
1st, Trofeo Mallorca
Biography
One of the most feared sprinters in the ProTour, Friere is one of only four men to have won the world championships on three occasions. He has been troubled for the last three seasons by debilitating saddle sores.Related Articles
- Mar. 19, 2009Oscar Freire delays return to racing after California crash
- Apr. 9, 2008Freire wins Ghent-Wevelgem
- Sep. 3, 2007Bettini ends drought; Freire holds Vuelta lead
- Mar. 24, 2007Freire wins Milan-San Remo
- Jul. 30, 2006Freire Gets Around Zabel in Hamburg
- Mar. 11, 2005Freire does it again at Tirreno-Adriatico
- Oct. 3, 2004Three's a charm: Freire earns his third rainbow jersey
- Feb. 16, 2003Euro File: Bettini takes Med'; Freire wins Ruta opener; Wellens takes 'cross cup
- Oct. 14, 2001Elite men's RR: Why Freire won
