“It’s always important to win a stage of the Tour de France. I think I was very good for this Tour but I never took a good position in the sprint until today. I didn’t take any risks in the last 300 meters. This time it was different: I raced and tried to start my sprint very early. There was a lot of wind but I think I had the benefit of the element of surprise. To win was a surprise for me too. _ “Boonen and McEwen have a team to help them win the green jersey but I have a different arrangement. Rabobank has a team for the general classification and although the green is important it’s not the main priority because I know that it’s very difficult to win on my own.”
Interview
July 6
th
2006
- 17:47
Oscar Freire - "To win was a surprise..."
