Óscar Freire

Óscar Freire
	Freire at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Óscar Freire Gómez
Nickname	The Cat, Oscarito
Born	15 February 1976 (age 48); Torrelavega, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1998–1999	Vitalicio Seguros
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2008) 4 individual stages Vuelta a España 7 individual stages Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (2005) One-day races and Classics ; World Road Race Championships (1999, 2001, 2004) Milan–San Remo (2004, 2007, 2010) Gent–Wevelgem (2008) Vattenfall Cyclassics (2006) Paris–Tours (2010) Brabantse Pijl (2005, 2006, 2007)
Medal record
Representing Spain
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
U-23 World Championships

Template:Spanish name

Óscar Freire Gómez (born 15 February 1976) is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Peter Sagan. In the later years of his career, he became more of a classics rider. He has won the cycling monument Milan–San Remo three times, four stages in the Tour de France and seven stages of the Vuelta a España, throughout a successful career.

Despite his diminutive stature, Freire was a good sprinter. He had a training philosophy where he rode shorter distances than most pro cyclists, sometimes covering only about half the distance his colleagues would.^[1] When growing up he contracted tuberculosis and narrowly avoided having a leg amputated. ^[2]

Career

Vitalicio Seguros (1998–1999)

Born in Torrelavega, Cantabria, (where the town has named a velodrome in his honour) ^[2] Freire became professional in 1998 with Vitalicio Seguros. He won one race that year, a stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León. He came 11th in Paris–Tours. In 1999, Freire won little until the world championship in October. He went to Verona to make up numbers in the Spanish team. He spent his prize on an elevator for his grandmother's apartment. After his victory, as with all his victories, his grandmother sung a regional folk song on his telephone. ^[2] Prior to winning the World Championships, ONCE had expressed interest in signing him, but following victory his inflated price was too high, meaning that he never rode for a native team again. ^[2]

Mapei-Quick Step (2000–2002)

Freire joined Mapei in 2000. It had been ranked best team since 1994. That year he won 11 races including two stages in the Vuelta a España. He also came third place in the world championship. In 2001 he won two races and took the points competition in the Vuelta a Burgos, before becoming world champion for the second time. In 2002 he won a stage in the Tour de France. Upon joining the team, he spent his salary on a new family home for his parents and grandmother. ^[2]

Rabobank (2003–2011)

In 2003, Freire moved to Rabobank, where in his first season he won six races. In 2004 he won Milan–San Remo, Trofeo Luis Puig, a stage and second place overall in Tirreno–Adriatico, a stage in the Vuelta a España and for the third time, and the second time in Verona, the world championship. He started 2005 winning three stages, the points classification and the yellow jersey at Tirreno–Adriatico, as well as the Brabantse Pijl, Trofeo Alcudia and Trofeo Mallorca, all before the end of March. His season was then cut short by a saddle sore.

In 2006, Freire won his second consecutive Brabantse Pijl. His stage 3 win at Tirreno–Adriatico allowed him to lead for two days. At the Tour de Suisse, he survived an early break of four riders to win alone on stage 7. Freire won the fifth and ninth stages in the 2006 Tour de France and was contesting the points classification when he retired due to illness. During stage twelve, he was in a breakaway with three others. Freire’s career has been blighted with injury and lay-offs. He had back problems, saddle sores and neck problems. When Yaroslav Popovych, riding for the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, rode away for victory, rumours spread that Freire had been ordered by Rabobank not to ride for the victory, to secure help from the Discovery Team in the mountains. Although rumours were denied by both teams, Freire was upset after the stage. Freire continued his successful year by winning the Vattenfall Cyclassics ahead of German favourite Erik Zabel. Freire had half of Rabobank’s victories in 2006. His season was cut short by neck and spinal injuries, forcing him to miss the Vuelta a España and world championship. Freire re-signed for Rabobank in late 2006 until the end of 2008, rejecting Saunier Duval-Prodir.

In the 2007 Tour de France, he did not win a stage, partly because Rabobank was defending Michael Rasmussen's lead for a large part of the race. But he won three stages in the Vuelta a España. In the 2008 Tour, Freire wore the green jersey from stage 8. He won stage 14 and the points classification. In the 2009 Tour he and Julian Dean were shot by an air rifle during the 13th stage from Vittel to Colmar. He was shot in the thigh and finished the stage 117th.^[3]

In March 2010, Freire won the 2010 Milan–San Remo in front of Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi.^[4] On 10 October 2010 Freire became the first Spaniard to win Paris–Tours and in doing so became the new holder of the Ruban Jaune for setting the fastest average speed in a classic race, he covered the 233 km at an average of 47.73 km per hour.^[5]

Shortly before the 2011 UCI Road World Championships it was announced that Óscar Freire would retire at the end of the season if he did not win the World Championship road race. Freire ended negotiations to continue his contract with his team before the race, and noted health issues include worsening respiratory problems, having had sinus and nasal surgery in the last two years. He was unable to race the 2011 Tour de France and was forced to abandon the 2011 Vuelta a España.^[6]

Team Katusha (2012)

Initially, Freire planned to finish his career by 2012, but at the end of season 2011 he suddenly changed his mind. While his home Rabobank team, confused by the situation and Oscar's indecision, failed to provide him an extension for another year, Freire had to start talks with other teams.^[7] Omega Pharma-Quick Step, Lotto-Belisol and Geox-TMC expressed their interest to secure his service for season 2012, but Freire chose Team Katusha. He was reported to have been swayed by Team Katusha because the Russian team had a good number of other Spanish riders on its roster along with its well-organised structure and guaranteed entry into WorldTour races.^[7]

By 2012 Freire fully recovered from his previous health problems and managed to show very good results at the first opening races. In January he won stage 3 of Australian Tour Down Under, and then completed his success at stage 3 of Vuelta a Andalucia. At the spring classics Oscar Freire finished 7th at Milan–San Remo, while having taken two second places: one at E3 Harelbeke where he was edged on the line by Tom Boonen (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In an interview to the French magazine Velochrono, Freire claimed to take part in the Olympics in London along with the Tour de France and UCI Road World Championships.^[11] Freire later admitted that he was contemplating retirement if he didn't win the rainbow jersey, and that he would keep riding for another year or two if he wins the 2012 UCI Championships.^[12] He retired from professional cycling at the end of 2012, reportedly refusing a deal from You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career achievements

Major results

1997

2nd

Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships

1998

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

1999

1st

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

2000

Vuelta a España

1st Stages 2 & 4

Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stages 1 & 6

Vuelta a Aragón

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 3 & 4

1st Trofeo Mallorca

1st Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Lucca

1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

3rd

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Milan–San Remo

2001

1st

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

Vuelta a Burgos

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 5

1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour

2nd Paris–Tours

2002

1st Stage 2 Tour de France

1st Manacor-Porto Cristo

1st Cala Rajada – Cala Millor

2003

1st

Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca

1st Stage 1 & 2

Vuelta a Andalucía

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 1 & 2

1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya

2004

1st

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Trofeo Luis Puig

1st Trofeo Cala Millor – Cala Rajada

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico

2005

1st

Overall Tirenno–Adriatico

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 2, 3 & 4

1st Brabantse Pijl

1st Trofeo Alcudia

1st Trofeo Mallorca

2006

Tour de France

1st Stages 5 & 9

1st Vattenfall Cyclassics

1st Brabantse Pijl

1st RaboRonde Heerlen

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country

1st Stage 3 Tirenno–Adriatico

2007

1st

Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 5

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Brabantse Pijl

1st Trofeo Mallorca

Vuelta a España

1st Stages 2, 5 & 6

Held

after Stages 2–3

2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

3rd Paris–Tours

2008

Tour de France

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 14

1st Gent–Wevelgem

Tirreno–Adriatico

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 1, 4 & 6

1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse

2009

Tour de Romandie

1st Stages 2 & 5

2010

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Paris–Tours

1st Trofeo Calla Millor

Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Stages 2 & 3

Tour of the Basque Country

1st Stages 1 & 2

6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

2011

Vuelta a Andalucía

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 3 & 4

6th Amstel Gold Race

9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

2012

1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía

2nd E3 Harelbeke

2nd Brabantse Pijl

4th Amstel Gold Race

7th Milan–San Remo

10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

Classics results

Monument	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Milan–San Remo	—	—	3	—	5	7	1	5	6	1	8	—	1	94	7
Tour of Flanders	—	—	—	—	—	30	23	—	—	49	40	—	—	—	12
Paris–Roubaix	Did not contest during career
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—	22	35	14	96	14	77	11	14	—	15	24
Giro di Lombardia	—	—	13	21	26	49	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	DNF	—	—
Classic	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Gent–Wevelgem	—	—	—	—	—	38	—	—	—	3	1	—	12	—	4
Brabantse Pijl	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	1	1	37	—	9	11	2
Amstel Gold Race	45	—	9	—	5	14	14	10	17	8	19	64	14	6	4
La Flèche Wallonne	—	—	—	—	19	51	32	5	75	11	33	58	88	—	83
Clásica de San Sebastián	72	—	5	—	11	83	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	72	—
Vattenfall Cyclassics	—	—	13	—	25	—	4	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—
Paris–Tours	—	—	44	2	11	42	3	—	—	2	18	5	1	20	—
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
UCI Road World Championships	17	1	3	1	156	9	1	—	—	14	38	15	6	9	10

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "2012 Tour Down Under: It's a sprinters affair". On The Record. On The Record. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fotheringham, A. (2014). The Exile. In: E. Bacon and L. Birnie, ed., The Cycling Anthology: Volume One. London: Yellow Jersey Press, pp.208-230.
^ "Freire, Dean shot at during Tour stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Milan–San Remo 2010: Spain's Oscar Freire wins in sprint finish". Telegraph. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
^ Cyclingnews.com Gives details of 2010 edition of Paris–Tours.
^ Cyclingnews.com Freire: World title or retirement.
^ ^a ^b "Freire confirms he wants to race in 2012". Telegraph. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ Richard Abraham (23 March 2012). "Boonen wins E3 Harelbeke". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ "Brabantse Pijl 2012 results". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
^ Wynn, Nigel (15 April 2012). "Gasparotto wins Amstel Gold Race". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ "2012 will be final curtain for Freire". Cycling News. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "After Amstel, Freire said he now believed he could win a fourth rainbow jersey". Cycling News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "Freire turned down Euskaltel-Euskadi offer for 2013". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ Andrew Hood (5 October 2012). "Euskaltel-Euskadi denies 'deal for points' with Oscar Freire". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ Fotheringham, A. (2014). The Exiile. In: E. Bacon and L. Birnie, ed., The Cycling Anthology: Volume One. London: Yellow Jersey Press, pp.208-230.

External links

Official Site (in Spanish)
Profile on Katusha website (in English)
Óscar Freire at Cycling Archives (archive)
Oscar Freire's Profile on Cycling Base

[1] "2012 Tour Down Under: It's a sprinters affair". On The Record. On The Record. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Fotheringham, A. (2014). The Exile. In: E. Bacon and L. Birnie, ed., The Cycling Anthology: Volume One. London: Yellow Jersey Press, pp.208-230.

[3] "Freire, Dean shot at during Tour stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[4] "Milan–San Remo 2010: Spain's Oscar Freire wins in sprint finish". Telegraph. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

[cycling_news_3-5] Cyclingnews.com Gives details of 2010 edition of Paris–Tours.

[cycling_news_4-6] Cyclingnews.com Freire: World title or retirement.

[cyclingnews.com-7] "Freire confirms he wants to race in 2012". Telegraph. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

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v t e UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race
1927–1938	1927: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1928: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1929: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1930: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1931: Learco Guerra (ITA) 1932: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1933: Georges Speicher (FRA) 1934: Karel Kaers (BEL) 1935: Jean Aerts (BEL) 1936: Antonin Magne (FRA) 1937: Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) 1938: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946–1959	1946: Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)