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Oscar Freire

Posted: Wednesday July 10, 2002 10:25 AM

Cycling Weekly profiles the spinters competing for the Tour de France top points scorer's green jersey.

 
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Country  Spain 
Team  Mapei-Quick Step 
Age  26 
Stage wins  None 
 

Cycling ’s double world champion will make his debut in the Tour this July, with the aim of taking one stage and seeing whether he can finish a three-week tour for the first time.

A double stage winner in the 2000 Vuelta, Freire ’s form has been inconsistent this spring, but after riding the Tour of Catalonia he claimed the good sensations were beginning to come back.

Capable, like, Zabel of making it through the high mountains, he could be the German’s biggest rival for the points jersey if he does so.

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