Oscar Freire determined with his 7th place finish at the Milan-San Remo 2012
Oscar Freire seemed content after his seventh place finish during the Milan-San Remo. The cyclist was looking good the claim the top position but was denied the victory by mighty Simon Gerrans.
Freire holds the honour of winning the Italian race on three different occasions in the past season. He succeeded during the 2004, 2007 and 2010 editions of the race.
He told Biciciclismo after crossing the finish line, "I did the best I could, I couldn't do more because, unfortunately, my legs did not respond as I had hoped”.
“So, when the final escape formed, I realized that it was impossible to take their wheel", he concluded.
Simon Gerrans of Team GreenEdge bagged his second overall victory of the season.
He completed the 298 kilometre race in a fastest time of 6 hours, 59 minutes and 24 seconds to grab the top spot.
Fabian Cancellara and Vincenzo Nibali finished seconds behind to achieve the second and the third positions.
Peter Sagan, John Degenkolb, Filippo Pozzato and Oscar Freire Gomez occupied the fourth, the fifth, the sixth and the seventh positions after the race.
Oscar marked his first victory of the season during the fourth stage of the Santos Tour Down Under.
He also claimed the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia to mark a perfect start to his 2012 campaign.
While commenting on his performance during the Saturday’s race he noted, "In any case, I was with the chase group as I thought we'd sprint in the finish”.
“So even if I had felt in my best shape, I wouldn't have gone with Nibali, Cancellara and Gerrans. Our strategy was perfect”, he concluded.
Freire briefed that the Milan-San Remo 2012 might be his last appearance at the Italian race. He has no regrets from his performance during the fourth Grand Tour race of the season.
He is now eyeing the Belgian classics to continue his goals for the season. The cyclist will be seen in action at the Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday.
Oscar is determined to help the Russian side, Team Katusha for the coming races of the new season.
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