Freire out of Vuelta & world's

Oscar Freire (Spain) wears the rainbow jersey after winning the 2004 world championships

Oscar Freire (Spain) wears the rainbow jersey after winning the 2004 world championships (Image credit: Sirotti)

World champion Oscar Freire looks extremely unlikely to ride the Vuelta a España (August 27-September 18) and the world championships (Madrid, Spain, September 21-25) as he has only just been pronounced fit to ride again after an operation earlier this year. Freire was operated on in June to fix an injury to his saddle area that was making it all but impossible for his to sit on a bike, but the surgery has taken an unexpectedly long time to heal, leaving him unable to train in the meantime.

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