Tyler Farrar has finally decided to call time on his 15-year career after finishing the GP Montreal last Sunday with Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
‘One’ it is the loneliest number, particularly, when you are an American racing Paris-Roubaix.
Farrar said in an interview, “The Paris-Roubaix classics have never been in the priority list of the United States. In any race of this event so far, it has never happened that more than two participants would have competed.”
There was some good year for America in the event, but then also not more than a handful participated in Roubaix. In 115th edition of the race, two racers were to participate the other one is Taylor Phinney, but at Ronde van Vlaanderen, he got injured during a spill and thus, the team will see only one player taking part in the event. Continue reading Farrar Lone American Starting At Roubaix
Richie Porte will be attempting to join an illustrious list this week and expects to get his best Tour de France form guide in the course of the event.
The Paris-Nice which dates as far back as in 1933, remains the most prestigious WorldTour stage race outside the three Grand Tours. Where Porte is able to add to his successes in 2013 and 2015, he will go on to join up with such cycling royalty as Laurent Jalabert, Eddy Merckx, Joop Zoetemelk and Sean Kelly as triple winners of the event.
The Tasmanian who began this season with a long overdue victory in South Australia’s Tour Down Under, currently sits at the top of the world rankings. He would be in the lead for the BMC racing squad as they head into the 1227-kilometre, eight-stage race. Continue reading RICHIE PORTE HOPES FOR HAT-TRICK IN PARIS-NICE
Tyler Farrar has been in great form and good shape recently.
The American veteran who race for Dimension Data has completed five editions of the Giro D’Italia, Tour de Fance, and rouching wood- the vuelta a Espana. He recounted that the increasing level of difficulty is not exclusive to the Spanis Grand Tour. Speaking to Cycling News he sad:
“This year, I did the hardest Tour of California ever, followed by the hardest Tour de Suisse ever, followed by the hardest ever Vuelta.
“So do we want cycling to be a last man standing epic affair every day? If that’s what cycling wants, then OK. Or do we want it to be more tactical, go back to a more traditional format?”
Farrar has lamented that though most of the routes in the Vuelta peloton are flat they have 2,500 meters of vertical climb, making it very difficult for most cyclers. Continue reading FARRAR LAMENTS THE INCREASING DIFFICULTY OF VUELTA
Every cyclist has his or her favorite tracks and courses.
He has signed on and is part of the Dimension Data team as well. Being 32 years of age and hailing from Washington, his hair has been growing longer as his experience has become longer. He would be guiding Sbaragli in the sprint courses. He would also be setting up Haas to attack when the course moves to the mountain stages in the middle part of the race. There would be several climbers who would be part of the team and would pitch in when the race moves to the mountainous parts. Continue reading Tyler And Vuelta Course
Tyler Farrar is one of the popular road racing cyclists who has been playing for Team Dimension Data.
The Tour de Suisse was the match that was indeed worth watching as it was quite an interesting one. It kept the crowd engaged till the end. Jarlinson Pantano achieved victory in the final stage, Sergey Chernetski achieved 2nd position, and Jon Izaguirre was 3rd in the group sprint. Miguel Angel Lopez achieved the overall leading position in the Tour de Suisse. Although Farrar could not make it to victory, he showed his best performance and put in every effort to win. The final stage of the match had to be cut short to 57 km due to extreme weather conditions. The riders had a tough time riding in the slight downhill to the Fluelapass till the finishing line. Continue reading Tour De Suisse Match Review