A professional cyclist in road racing since 2003, Tyler Farrar is one of the very well known faces in the cycling circuit. At the beginning of his career he rode for jelly belly in the year 2003. In the following year he switched to Health Net-Maxxis before moving to Cofidis for the year 2006 and 2007. Suffering a crash in 2006 at the Circuit de la Sarthe he fractured his collarbone and missed most of the season. He joined Slipstream Chipotle for the year 2008. That year Tyler won the stage two of Tour of California and wore the yellow jersey for the third stage.

His fluency in Dutch made Tyler Farrar very popular in Flanders and also the fact that he lives in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Wouter Weylandt who was Tyler’s friend as well as trainer, died in an accident during the race. This incident caused Farrar and his team Leopard Trek to pull out from Giro d’Italia in may 2011 which was a sign of respect. That year on the 4^th of July, this happens to be the American Independence Day, he won the third stage of Tour de France from Olonne-sur-mer to Redon his first tour de France stage win.

Tyler Farrar became the first American cyclist from the state Washington to take part in Tour de France and also win a stage of it. He was felicitated by the governor of the state for his glorious achievements in a ceremony at Olympia. The governor went on to state that Farrar’s feat has earned him a place in the history of the state and also the whole of United States of America. Though Farrar spoke at the ceremony he didn’t make any comments about returning to America from Ghent where he resides currently.