Tag Archive for ‘Tyler Farrar’
Cavendish Wins Third As Renshaw Throws Haymaker – 97th Tour de France, Stage 11
Sprinting is a rough and tumble business. It is not for the faint of heart nor is it for those who lack intestinal fortitude. Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia), Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin-Transitions), Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini), Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) and Robbie McEwen (Omega-Pharma Lotto), among others are first to come to mind when searching [...]
Cavendish Doubles Up – 97th Tour de France, Stage 6
For the second day in a row, Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) proved, once again, that he is currently the fastest man on two wheels. The 25-year old sprinter from the Isle of Man took his second stage in as many days when he won the 227.5km Stage 6 from Montargis to Gueugnon. Three intermediate sprints and [...]
Mark Cavendish, Still The Man – 97th Tour de France, Stage 5
The Tour demise of Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) has been greatly exaggerated. Two missed opportunities in the first four stages of the 97th Tour de France left many questioning his mental state after a horrific crash at the Tour de Suisse and even his lead-out team’s capabilities to deliver him to the line. The talented rider [...]
Down and Out at the Tour de France, Team Garmin-Transitions Stage 2 Update
A crash-filled Stage 2 of the Tour de France saw five Team Garmin-Transitions riders hit the pavement. Christian Vande Velde, Tyler Farrar and Julian Dean were all taken to a local hospital where they were evaluated by team and hospital physicians. Christian Vande Velde suffered a left eyelid laceration requiring multiple stitches, along with two [...]
Frenchman Chavanel Solos – 97th Tour de France, Stage 2
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) has had a long history of attempted but failed breakaway attempts at the Tour de France. But on Stage 2 of the 97th Tour de France, Chavanel’s perseverance finally paid off and in turn bore some unexpected fruit. On the 201km Stage 2 route from Brussels to Spa, which featured several [...]
Cancellara, In A Blink Of An Eye – 97th Tour de France, Prologue
One hundred and ninety-seven* men would start today’s Prologue in Rotterdam, but at the end the story would be written by only four of them. Tony Martin (Team HTC-Columbia), one of the revelations of last year’s Tour de France, was given the dubious honor of being one of the first riders, 11th, out of the [...]
Route, Contenders, & Predictions – 97th Tour de France, Preview
Pyrenees, Not Cobbles Will Be Decisive When the route for the 2010 Tour de France was unveiled in October of last year, it looked as if the the Tour organizers had once again reached into their devilish bag of tricks to test the mettle of its participants. Beginning on July 3rd and running through to [...]
Team Garmin-Transitions’ 2010 Tour de France Roster
Girona, Spain – Team Garmin-Transitions today announced its much-anticipated 2010 Tour de France roster. The squad features three Americans including Christian Vande Velde, eighth overall in last year’s Tour de France and Tyler Farrar, who has claimed stages at two Grand Tours and with the help of Julian Dean, Robbie Hunter and David Millar will [...]
Garmin-Transitions First & Third As Farrar Wins – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 10
It was a bit surprising not to seeTyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) race in the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, but Garmin-Transitions Director Sportif, Jonathan Vaughters, and Farrar obviously had grander plans for his development. The 25-year old American, who revealed himself as a more than legitimate sprinting threat at last year’s Tour de France, took his [...]
HTC-Columbia’s Goss Victorious – 93rd Giro d’Italia, Stage 9
Few teams, if any, can boast of better sprinting talent than that at the disposal of HTC-Columbia’s owner, Bob Stapleton. With Mark Cavendish and Mark Renshaw contesting stages at the Amgen Tour of California, and Andre Greipel leading the team in Italy, Matthew Goss could easily be considered the team’s fourth best option for a [...]
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