Posts Tagged ‘Tyler Farrar’
Farrar Once Again Victorious, van Garderen Remains In Yellow – 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 5
Colorado Springs, CO – With three finishing circuits slated for the finale in downtown Colorado Springs, the sprinters and their teams were all but assured of a “fasten your seat-belt” type conclusion to Stage 5 of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The remnants of the day’s predominant breakaway were first to enter the finishing [...]
Winning Cures All, Farrar Flashes Old Form to Take Opener – 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Stage 1
Telluride, CO – Bereft of a win this year, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) has had a season to forget. But with benefit of being back on home soil, the 28-year old cured all his cycling illnesses with a sprint victory on Stage 1 of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Telluride. In a difficult first [...]
Goss Gives GreenEdge Grand Victory – 95th Giro d’Italia, Stage 3
Matthew Goss (Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team) provided the Australian based up-start its first Grand Tour victory by taking the crash marred Stage 3 in Horsens in front of Argentine sprinter, Juan Jose Haedo (Team Saxo Bank) and American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda). “It’s great to win here in a pure bunch sprint,” Goss told Cyclingnews. “I’m [...]
Kittel Wins Wet, Wild Scheldeprijs
When rain happens, crashes are inevitable. While other sports postpone, or even cancel events because of the wet stuff, cycling carries on, at times to its own detriment. While Marcel Kittel (shown above after capturing a stage at this year’s Tour of Oman), of the newly renamed Argos-Shimano (formerly 1t4i – Shimano), rightly and deservedly [...]
Team Garmin-Cervelo Unveils 2012 Men’s Professional Team Roster
Boulder, CO – Team Garmin-Cervélo went back to its roots for the unveiling of its 2012 roster with a gala team presentation in Boulder, Colorado. Hundreds of fans packed the Boulder Theater to meet the newest additions to the team and celebrate many argyle veterans. The goals for 2012 continue to derive from the ethos [...]
Four for Cavendish; Alps Remain – 98th Tour de France, Stage 15
Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it. By all accounts, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) struggled mightily on Stage 14. With five categorized climbs on yesterday’s docket, several teammates were needed to pace Cavendish to the finish line before the time cut. Yet through all the adversity in the Pyrenees, the character and characters of Cavendish and [...]
When It Rains, It Pours; Cavendish Bags Another – 98th Tour de France, Stage 11
A winner on Stage 5 and again on Stage 7, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) claimed his third victory of the 98th Tour de France, and his 18th overall. Through a late downpour, HTC-Highroad proved to be too much for the rest of the sprinters’ teams as they mercilessly delivered their home run hitter to the plate [...]
Farrar Chalks Up Another Garmin-Cervelo W – 98th Tour de France, Stage 3
As dominant as Garmin-Cervelo looked in the Team Time Trial on Stage 2, the boys from Boulder looked even more so in the finishing straights of the 198km Stage 3 from Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon. A classic sprinter’s stage, the finale seemed to be a forgone conclusion as Mark Cavendish’s HTC-Highroad team led the peloton into [...]
Race Neutralized In Tribute To Wouter Weylandt – 94th Giro d’Italia, Stage 4
After the tragic event that befell the 94th edition of the Giro d’Italia yesterday, the race organizers neutralized the 216km Stage 4 from Genova Quarto dei Mille to Livorno to pay tribute to Wouter Weylandt (Leopard Trek). Each team took a turn up front to share the burden of traversing the day’s route. At the [...]
Boonen Takes Gent-Wevelgem
Thanks to a wonderful sprint Tom Boonen won the Gent-Wevelgem race for the second time in his career today, following his first success here in 2004 that started the legend of “Tornado Tom”. Boonen edged out Daniele Bennati (Team Leopard) and Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin) on the finish line. “It’s a great win that boosts [...]
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