Oscar Freire

Oscar Freire competed Stage 11 of the 2010 Tour de France today in 04:42:29.  He ranked #13 for the stage.  Mark Cavendish won the stage in a sprint.     Andy Schleck still holds the yellow jersey with the fastest combined time so far in Le Tour.  He is followed by rivals Alberto Contador in second, Samuel Sanchez in third, and Denis Menchov in fourth.    After Stage 11, Alessandro Petacchi from LAMPRE wears the Green Jersey with 161 points. The best climber so far is Jerome Pineau, from team...Read Full Story

Stage 4 of the 2010 Tour de France was a 94 mile ride through France that ended in Reims.  Oscar Freire competed the ride in 03:34:55.  He ranked #10 for the stage. The day's winner was Alessandro Petacchi.    After Stage 4, Oscar Freire is now ranked #118 in the overall general classification.  His current GC time is 18:39:56 and he has a total gap of 00:11:01 from the yellow jersey.    Oscar Freire is riding for Rabobank and is managed by Erik Breukink.  The 2010 Tour de France kicked off...Read Full Story

Eurosport.com ASIA 3-time world champion Oscar Freire leaves Rabobank for Russian team Katusha Washington Post Freire has 73 victories in his career, including three wins in the Milan-San Remo classic, although his only victories this year were two stages in the Vuelta a Andalucia . Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ... 3-time world champion Freire joins Katusha Stamford Advocate Oscar Freire and Katusha set to announce contract for 2012 VeloNation all 23 news...Read Full Story

Rabobank 's Oscar Freire became the first Spaniard to win the Paris-Tours one-day classic Sunday when he beat Italy 's Angelo Furlan and Belgium 's Gert Steegmans in bunch finish. Freire, a former three-time world champion who won the 2009 Milan-San Remo , finished well ahead of Furlan to go one better than his runner-up place in 2001 and two places better than his third place finishes in 2004 and 2007. RadioShack 's Geoffroy Lequatre had his heart set on giving the hosts a rare home win but...Read Full Story

Eurosport.com ASIA Ruta del Sol: Óscar Freire takes win, Markel Irizar retains lead velonews.competitor.com CORDOBA, Spain (VN) – Óscar Freire (Rabobank) stayed clear of a finish-line crash at the end of stage 4 to charge to his first win on the 2011 season and claim his seventh career stage victory at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del ... Oscar Freire takes first win of the year in Ruta del Sol stage 4 VeloNation Freire sprints to win in Cordoba Eurosport.com AU all 5 news...Read Full Story

Last year, Freire won Stage 2.  Not this time.  2007's stage 2 goes to Steegmans. Gert Steegmans won the second stage, followed by his teammate and captain Tom Boonen in second Quickstep hammered today! Steegmans and Boonen won by a big margin ahead of Filippo Pozzato , Robert Hunter , Romain Feulli, Robbie McEwen , Erik Zabel , Heinrich Haussler, Oscar Freire and Sebastien Chavanel .Read Full Story

Spain's triple world road race champion Oscar Freire took the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Tour of the Basque Country despite finishing second for the third successive stage on Wednesday. The 34-year-old finished the 187 kilometres third stage just behind Italian rider Francesco Gavazzi to take the overall lead off compatriot Alejandro Valverde, who had beaten him into second on the previous two stages. Freire, a three-time winner of the Milan-Sanremo classic, leads Valverde - who...Read Full Story

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will lead the Russian-registered Katusha team at January’s Tour Down Under , first leg of cycling ’s 2012 ProTour. Freier won road race world championships in 1999, 2001 and 2004 and is also a winner of four stages on the Tour de France . Tour director Mike Turtur said the Spaniard “has accomplished what only legends like Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx and Rik Van Steenbergen have been able to do: win three road race world championships.” The Team Katusa...Read Full Story

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire didn't quite have enough power to out-sprint Thor Hushovd today.  Hushovd took the win for Stage 6, with Freire there at the finish line.Read Full Story

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will lead the Russian-registered Katusha team at January’s Tour Down Under For the full story, go to http://www.bikeworldnews.comRead Full Story