Personal details
- Date of birth
- 15.02.1976
- Weight
- 64 kg
- Height
- 171 cm
- Born in
- Torrelavega (Spain)
- Professional since
- 1998
- Nickname
- none
- Last team
- “Rabobank”
- Rider type
- sprinter
- Civil status
- married
- Hobbies
- electric cars, music, playing tennis
- Favourite actress
- Sigourney Weaver
- Favourite song
- “Kiss From A Rose”, Seal
- Best race ever
- World Championships 1999
- Favorite soccer team
- Barcelona
- Secret cycling wish
- to win his fourth World Championships, to win the next Olympic Games
- Superstitions
- none
Three times World Champion, he’s one of the dazzling highlights amongst all the newcomers to Katusha. The Spanish rider, three times Milan–Sanremo winner too, is one of the best ever sprinters in the world. Of course, he already won a lot of races, but Oscar is still hungry for victories and still dreams of his 4th World Champion title and an Olympics Champion title too.
Main results
- 1st place, road race, World Championships
- 1st place, 1st, 6th stages Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st place, 2nd, 4th stages Vuelta a España
- 1st place, 6th stage Vuelta a España
- 1st place, road race, World Championships
- 1st place, 2nd stage Tour de France
- 1st place, Milano–Sanremo
- 1st place, 6th stage Vuelta a España
- 1st place, road race, World Championships
- 1st place, GC Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st place, Brabantse Pijl
- 1st place, Brabantse Pijl
- 1st place, 5th, 9th stages Tour de France
- 1st place, Vattenfall Cyclassics – Hamburg
- 1st place, GC Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st place, Milano–Sanremo
- 1st place, Brabantse Pijl
- 1st place, 2nd, 5th, 6th stages Vuelta a España
- 1st place, Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st place, 14th stage and point classification Tour de France
- 1st place, 11th stage Vuelta a España
- 1st place, 2nd, 5th stages Tour de Romandie
- 1st place, Milano–Sanremo
- 1st place, 1st stage Tirreno-Adriatico
