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"Freire is the first Spaniard to win the Gent-Wevelgem"

Tell you what, I got a serious man-crush on Oscar. That dude just knows how to win, and it's never the same way twice. Sprinting from 500 meters out against a 40 man pack containing Boonen et al. What a stud.

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Oscar was on fire for sure. He had another gear in his legs that nobody could match today.

I like Oscarcito too. Doesn't Freire have interesting training techniques, like forgetting his bike in Italy after winning Milan-San Remo?

Heck if I won M-SR I'd be so stoked on hookers n blow you'd find me 4 days later in a hotel room somewhere.

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I also saw an article somewhere where he ducktaped a framepump to his Colnago.

keeping it real, no SRM...the duct tape isn't even a clean job

Like the quote. I suspected Oscar was one of those guys who's a complete natural, and would be a bit lost in any other setting.

OTOH, how many Rainbow jerseys has Serge Parsani won....

Thats pretty funny... What do you mean he "left" his bike in Italy?

I like Oscarcito too. Doesn't Freire have interesting training techniques, like forgetting his bike in Italy after winning Milan-San Remo?

Best Freire The Dreamer story: when Freire won his first Brabantse Pijl in 2005, he came up to Boogerd, with 500m to go, and asked: "How many laps now?"

I'll be rooting for Oscar to get his 4th WC this fall.

On a bit of a tanget, I'd like to see Flecha get the PR win this weekend. He's in these classics year after year mixing it up and keep coming up short.

Thats pretty funny... What do you mean he "left" his bike in Italy?
From a story I read in CycleSport, he forgot his bike at the hotel and couldn't ride for a week.

On a bit of a tanget, I'd like to see Flecha get the PR win this weekend. He's in these classics year after year mixing it up and keep coming up short.
That would make me one happy man. !Vamos Flechita!

is the sprinters mini classic.it is the perfect race for Oscar. He joins Cippo and Zabel, among other sprinters who have taken it. Of all the classics, this one is perfect for him.

yeah Flecha always mixes it up.

I enjoyed watching Freire win a stage in the Tour de Suisse a couple years back.

He was in a small break with not much lead, and bunny-hopped the median strip to shortcut a roundabout to attack. Held off the bunch by just a few meters.

Heck if I won M-SR I'd be so stoked on hookers n blow you'd find me 4 days later in a hotel room somewhere.

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minus the hookers we call that a "Pantani"