168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Freire has confirmed that he will compete for another season, apparently with his sights set on🎃 the road race title at the 2012 London Olympics.

Freire had previously indicated that he might retire at the end of this season, but has told Spanish newspaper El Diario Montañés that he is in negotiations with Rabobank and admitted that other teams are also interestౠed in signing him on a one-year deal. On Thursday the team confirmed it has signed Australia’s Mark Renshaw for 2012 and2013.

Freire, who is represented by his brother, Antonio, revealed: “We are negotiating with Rabobank to renew for next year, but there is still nothing sorted. Moreover, if things do not work out with Rabobank there is the possibility that I will sign with another team. We already have some options, so if I don’t ride for Rabobank I will do for someone else.”

The 35-year-old Spaniard suggested that the negotiations would be completed before the start of the Vuelta on August 2ღ0. Freire will be one of Rabobank’s leaders in Spanish grand tour, and ad🧔mitted that he is hoping to finish the race for the first time in eight appearances.

He said he has recovered well from the sinus operation he underwent in June an▨d believes that his condition is better than it has been for some time, largely as a result of the procedure.

“I’ve recuperated well and I’m raring to go,” said Freire. “Last year they operated on me [to resolve the sinus problem] after the Tour and I wasn’t at my best at the Vuelta🐭 and Worlds, but this time I’m completely recovered with both the Vueltaꦏ and the Worlds in mind.”

Fresh for the Vuelta

The three-time world champion who has won a total of seven Vuelta stages during his long career believes that missing this year’s Tour should꧒ play to his advantage at the Vuelta, where he will be looking for stag♎e wins.

“I am fresher than the other sprinters as a lot of them have done the Tour. A lot of the stages suit me well too. There are a fa🉐ir few medium mountain stages that coul𒆙d end in a sprint.”

He picked out the stageꦜs into Córdoba and Noja as two that particularly suit him.

“I really like the one into Noja. Although the climbs are a long way from the finish, it could be a good stage for me because I know the roads really well and I also know those climbs,” said Frei𒆙re.

He also likes the look of the Rabobank line-up that includes three o🥃ther Spaniards: 🦩;Luis León Sánchez, Juan Manuel Gárate and Carlos Barredo. Freire is also looking to Matti Breschel to support him in the sprints.

“Luis León and Barredo have enough class to win themselves but when they see that they don’t have the opportuniꦓty to do so they are the first to put themselves to work for them team and ওI know they will do that for me,” said Freire.

He added that his plan is to finish the Vuelta for the first time in his career. “If all goes well, finishing the Vuelta w♊ill be part of mౠy preparations for the Copenhagen Worlds,” he said.

Fre𒀰ire will spend the final week before the start of the Vuelta fine-tuning his preparation at his holiday home in Denia, southern Spain.