Bernie Eisel travels to Spain to meet up with his ex Mapei teammate and three times World Championship winner Oscar Frei | dG1fc1h6OXNLZkxieEU
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - This is beautiful Candabria in Northern Spain,
00:09 home of one of the most naturally gifted riders
00:13 I've ever had the pleasure of racing with.
00:15 - It's Oscar Ferrer all the way and he has it.
00:18 - I've come to spend some time
00:20 with the rider we call the Cat,
00:21 to revisit his training roads,
00:23 see what he's up to in retirement.
00:27 (engine revving)
00:30 And to find out what made him not just one
00:34 of the greatest sprinters of his generation,
00:36 but of all time.
00:37 - Hello.
00:45 - Yeah.
00:45 - I have all my history here.
00:48 My first professional bike,
00:50 with this bike I become world champion.
00:52 I am the only Spanish rider in the history
00:56 that I won the green jersey.
00:58 So it's special for me.
01:00 - Oscar Ferrer has shot to the right
01:02 and no one has reacted.
01:04 They're all going to say, "Oscar who?"
01:07 - Here is where I was living when I was young.
01:13 The 80s arise, the drugs and everything
01:17 and this area was difficult to live.
01:19 I did a very long training always in this road
01:26 and then when I became professional,
01:28 roads like this were perfect.
01:30 - Oscar was fast.
01:33 - It was very dangerous to be with him in the same group
01:36 because 99% he was going to beat you.
01:39 - Clever.
01:40 - And complete.
01:46 - When you are a rider,
01:48 you always want to win the big races.
01:53 - And these days, his need for speed
01:55 is served up by four wheels instead of two.
01:58 - When you're quick, the first year pass really fast
02:03 but then you need more.
02:06 You miss the races, no?
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