No Freire in San Sebastián

Oscar Freire, the winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France, will not take the start at the Clásica San Sebastián on Saturday. The Spaniard caught a cold during the post-Tour criteriums, and will skip the race to recover in time to head to China for the Olympic Games road race on August 9.

The triple world road race champion will be replaced on the Rabobank squad by Gerben Löwik.

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