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Historic Overview Óscar Freire Gómez

Rider

Overall Rank75
NameÓscar FREIRE GÓMEZ
Country
  Spain
Date of birth15-Feb-1976 - Torrelavega (Cantabria)

Biography

Óscar Freire Gómez

Óscar Freire Gómez (born 15 February 1976) is a Spanish former 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 won the cycling monument Milan–San Remo three times, the green jersey and 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 world class sprinter. He had a training philosophy where he rode shorter distances than most professional cyclists, sometimes covering only about half the distance his colleagues would. When growing up he contracted tuberculosis and narrowly avoided having a leg amputated.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

3 4 7 2 3 4 2 65

Major Victories

World Championships Road Race 1999, 2001, 2004
Milano - Sanremo 2004, 2007, 2010
Gent - Wevelgem 2008
Tirreno - Adriatico 2005
Cyclassics Hamburg 2006
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol 2007
Paris - Tours 2010
Brabantse Pijl 2005, 2006, 2007
Trofeo Ses Salines - Felanitx 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010
Trofeo Palma de Mallorca 2000, 2005, 2007
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 - Gran Premi València 2004
Tour de France - stages 2002 (1), 2006 (2), 2008 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 2000 (2), 2004 (1), 2007 (3), 2008 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 2000 (2), 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (3), 2006 (1), 2008 (3)
Tour de Romandie - stages 2009 (2)
Tour de Suisse - stages 2006 (1), 2008 (1)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 2006 (1), 2010 (2)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 2003 (1)
Tour Down Under - stages 2012 (1)
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol - stages 2003 (2), 2007 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (2), 2012 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 2000 (1)
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 2001 (1)
Vuelta a Burgos - stages 2001 (1)
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Seasons

Óscar Freire Gómez - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1996 Individual 3 1261
2. 1997 Individual 141 335
3. 1998 Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali 310 192
4. 1999 Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali 544 113
5. 2000 Mapei - Quick Step 1637 19
6. 2001 Mapei - Quick Step 1024 53
7. 2002 Mapei - Quick Step 1616 16
8. 2003 Rabobank 1059 41
9. 2004 Rabobank 2497 5
10. 2005 Rabobank 979 44
11. 2006 Rabobank 1452 22
12. 2007 Rabobank 2357 4
13. 2008 Rabobank 1757 13
14. 2009 Rabobank 902 53
15. 2010 Rabobank 1476 21
16. 2011 Rabobank Cycling Team 686 86
17. 2012 Katusha Team 960 50
Overall: 19400 75