Katusha closing in on Freire?

Oscar Freire proved 1999 was no fluke with his win in 2001

Oscar Freire proved 1999 was no fluke with his win in 2001 (Image credit: Sirotti)

Katusha have emerged as the most likely destination for three-time world champion Oscar Freire. The Spaniard’s manager, his brother Antonio, has admitted that he has been negotiating with new Katusha team boss Hans-Michael Holczer in Paris in recent days, although he added that he is still talking to other teams, including Lotto and Geox.

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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