Meet Tyler Farrar and Christian Vande Velde in person!
Team Garmin-Transitions riders Tyler Farrar and Christian Vande Velde will be making appearances in the coming weeks — Farrar in Portland and Vande Velde in his hometown of Chicago. Tyler Farrar: Saturday, December 19, 4:00-6:00 p.m. River City Bicycles 706 SE MLK Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97214 Pro Racer Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Transitions will be [...]
Farrar featured in hometown event
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s speedster Tyler Farrar spent some of his off-season downtime back home in Washington state, speaking at a fundraiser for the Cascade Bicycle Club. He was also featured on Seattle’s KING 5 news.
Cyclingnews: Farrar's time
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s sprinting ace Tyler Farrar reflected on his very successful season, and what he hopes to accomplish next season, with Cyclingnews’ Gregor Brown. American sprinter turns a new page on his career Tyler Farrar began reaping the rewards of his labour this season, with wins in the Vattenfall Cyclassics and a stage of the [...]
Crashes keep Farrar's form from showing
Race report from Johnny Weltz: Things started right away today with attacks after only 1km! We wanted a group to take off but not too big — yet after 25km a group of 10 riders was off the front. Several teams chased hard to bring it back as the group was a bit too big. [...]
Race preview: Paris-Tours
Preview by Johnny Weltz: The team has the biggest favorite in the race in Tyler Farrar, who after an overall win in Circuit Franco-Belge and a solid Vuelta a Espana is in top shape. He has as a right-hand man in Martijn Maaskant who is also in top shape to help him crown a year [...]
Farrar wraps up Circuit Franco-Belge
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tyler Farrar sealed the victory at the Circuit Franco-Belge on Sunday, despite puncturing in the final five kilometers. But after a quick change and some hard chasing Farrar finished with the peloton to take the final overall, sprint and best young rider classifications. Photos courtesy Chris De Vos
Farrar retains overall lead: Circuit Franco-Belge, stage 3
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Wow, only one word: RESPECT! A strong cross wind was present all day, and after another fast start 13 guys made it into a break with Boonen and Martijn. The peloton chased hard for 40km keeping it at 20 seconds. At kilometer 60, four guys made a new break and [...]
Farrar two-for-two: Circuit Franco-Belge, stage 2
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: Tyler has the number 111 in this race, so it could mean three times getting a “1″ — and he was on his way to that as he won again for the second time today! The stage was a long one, 225km, but the weather was not bad except for [...]
Farrar wins again – Circuit Franco-Belge, stage 1
Director’s report from Lionel Marie: A classic 212 kilometers in October, started fast and a fast break with three guys. We started chasing with Quick Step when the gap was up to 12 minutes, using Kilian Patour and Ricardo Van der Velde first and then Tom Peterson in the final 50km. It was all together [...]
Weltz: "An Amazing Win" – Vuelta a Espana, stage 11
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: Today was a day where many things could happen — or get blocked if a group went up the road that was not strong enough. It was a very fast start with attacking right and left. Ryder and Dan were in the breaks but none went away, until we hit [...]
The Millar Diaries – Crash
Follow David Millar’s diary entries here and on Cyclingnews.com throughout the Vuelta a España. Crash v. crashed, crash-ing, crash-es a. To break violently or noisily; smash. b. To undergo sudden damage or destruction on impact. This happens often in bike racing, often due to one or more of these six reasons: 1. Mechanically induced (puncture [...]
The Millar Diaries – Hotel hunting sessions
Follow David Millar’s diary entries here and on Cyclingnews.com throughout the Vuelta a España. Ryder Hesjedal and I have become talented skeeter hunters. ‘Skeeter’ is Ryder’s name for mosquitoes and a term I have quickly come to adopt. Last night, Ryder was sufficiently pleased and impressed to be woken at 3:00 a.m. when I, in [...]
Farrar third in Vuelta opener!
Director’s report from Johnny Weltz: As we are up north in The Netherlands, close to the sea, there was no doubt the weather would have an impact on the race today — and so it did. For us a flying David Millar didn’t get what he deserved as the worst of the storms hit right [...]
Farrar three-peats – Eneco Tour, stage 4
Director’s report from Matt White: It was the longest stage of the tour. The idea for this tour was two options — Wiggo for the overall and stage wins for Tyler. We’ve been playing our cards well so far. Today we wanted to control the race and play it smart. We had Cozza and Ricardo [...]
Farrar retains lead in Eneco Tour, stage 3
Director’s report from Matt White: After a lightning first hour we finally let the break free. It was only three riders so a very easy one to control. Ricardo van der Velde and Steven Cozza rode well all day on the front and we rested the others to freshen up so they can support Bradley [...]
Matt White: Farrar not the only thing hot in Eneco Tour
Director’s report from Matt White: The best way to describe today was Tour of Flanders in a oven! Today was the hottest day in Belgium in 24 years; 38 Celsius. It was a super aggressive day which was very hard to control for us, with 10 climbs from the Tour of Flanders. It was a [...]
Farrar goes back-to-back in Eneco
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s sprinter Tyler Farrar continues to dominate the Eneco Tour, winning his second field sprint in-a-row. The bonus time for the win moves him farther away from the rest of the field as he leads the general classification.
Farrar feeling good with wins
Team Garmin-Slipstream’s Tyler Farrar is on top at the Eneco Tour in Belgium, after taking out the first stage field sprint in impressive fashion. “What can I say, it feels great to win some races after so many close calls!” said Farrar. “I came out of the Tour de France feeling strong and now I’m [...]
Media buzzing again with Farrar victories
The two major wins by Team Garmin-Slipstream’s sprinter Tyler Farrar in the past week have fueled a lot of media coverage. Cyclingnews interviewed Tyler following his big win — and VeloNews’ Andrew Hood sat down with him to talk about his renewed motivation as he heads into the Eneco Tour and the Vuelta a Espana. [...]
Farrar does it again, takes lead in Eneco Tour
Team Garmin-Slipstream, stage 1 1. Tyler Farrar 4h18.40 33. Hans Dekkers 49. Bradley Wiggins 65. Chris Sutton 128. Ricardo van der Velde 133. Svein Tuft 141. Huub Duyn 142. Steven Cozza
Farrar close to another win in Eneco — two in top five
Team Garmin-Slipstream put two into the top five of the Eneco Tour’s prologue, with Tyler Farrar just one second off the winner, and teammate Bradley Wiggins in fourth at just two seconds.
