Freire in close sprint

Oscar Freire (L) and Erik Zabel (R)

Oscar Freire (L) and Erik Zabel (R) (Image credit: AFP)

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has taken a very tight sprint ahead of Erik Zabel (Milram) and defending champ Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) to win the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg. The race finished with approximately 40 riders left in the lead group, with Quick.Step, Rabobank and Lampre all working to ensure that it was decided in a bunch sprint. Freire and Zabel were neck and neck until just before the line, when Freire managed to get his wheel in front for the victory.

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