From Velonews…I feel sorry for his chronic condition, but love his honesty in paragraph two.
"The three-time world champion - and this year’s Milan-San Remo winner - has had a rollercoaster career marked with big wins and plagued by often unusual, lingering injuries. While Freire said he’s recovered from his crash at the Tour of Switzerland last month, the Spaniard has again been plagued by saddle issues that forced him off the bike at the tail end of the 2005 season. This time, Freire said, his pain stems from a cyst on the opposite side as it did two years ago.
“I still have a little bit of pain from the crash at Switzerland, but it’s not the big problem at this race,” Freire told* VeloNews*. “Once again I have a problem, it’s with my ass. I’m very worried. We’ll see what will happen. I don’t have a lot of time for recovery.”