Óscar Freire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Óscar Freire

Spanish road bicycle racer

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1976

Place of Birth: Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.
When growing up he contracted tuberculosis and narrowly avoided having a leg amputated.