Freire On Fire
By Ashton | Permalink |
1 comment | September 6th, 2007 | Trackback
Rabobank’s Oscar Freire said he wanted to win a third stage in his home Grand Tour this year and he did just that today.
Four riders attacked early and eventually built a lead of just over eight and one half minutes before the sprinters teams put down the hammer on today’s flat run from Reinosa to Logroño. Liquigas’ Magnus Backstedt made a valiant effort to keep his break in front of the pack, but they finally were caught between 5 and 7 km from the line.
Once again T-Mobile tried to move to the front too soon and lost their momentum as the Milram Team pushed to the front of the Peloton. All the sprinters teams vied for the front during the last three km as the trains lined up to drive their sprinters across the finish line.
Freire has not enjoyed much of a train and has been forced to pick a wheel to follow while waiting for his moment to jump. Perhaps the other sprinters should consider taking Oscar’s wheel because he now has won half of the stages run in this grand tour to date. His finish today was magnificent.
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That’s the thing about Freire. He is prone to health problems, but when he is healthy, he truly is one of the best sprinters in the world. He showed how great he is in Milan-San Remo, but he soon developed more cyst problems in his saddle area and suffered during the Tour. He seems to be over it now because he is beating the likes of Boonen and Petacchi rather easily….